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Testing 04-11-2006: templates are slower to put together, but they have the advantage of presenting the citation in a standardised way. The citation is more likely to be correct.
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De-templated citation from Germaine Greer:[1]
Abel Tasman's journal[3] records that he first sighted Tasmania on 24th November 1642. Seven days later, the translation of the journal entry for 1st December 1642 refers to Wit's islands, Sueers islands, Maetsuickers islands (Maatsuyker Islands and Boereels islands (later found to be part of the Tasmanian mainland and renamed Boreel Head). The names of all of these islands and Tasmania itself under its then name of Van Diemens Land were all names of then members of the governing Council of India (see Tasman's 1642 orders in Appendix D of the journal) of Tasman's employer, the Dutch East India Company. Antonio Van Diemen was the Governor-General and so got the name of the largest island. This journal entry for 1st December came only 2 days after recording the first sighting of Pedra Branca, so it is evident that Maatsuyker Island was named during those two days. It also seems certain, given the source of the other names and the fact that Joan Maetsuicker was also a councillor, that Maatsuyker Island was named after him.
There have been other theories regarding the origin of the name:
- It was named after a member of Abel Tasman's crew, Mr. Maatsuyker
- It is suggested that the word in Dutch means "mate seeker" and that the sealers of old stopped at the island seeking wives. It is difficult to take this view seriously. The etomology is suspect and no aboriginal people ever lived on the island. It is far too inhospitable
- The word in Dutch means "measure of sugar". The island, capped with guano, may have resembled a tablespoon of sugar rising above the surface of the sea.
However given the evidence and pattern of naming other islands in the area after the Councillors, these theories, while possible, appear unlikely.
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References:
- ^ 'Infatuated' student harassed Greer,BBC_News,July 4, 2000. Retrieved on 1 November 2006.
- ^ Wheeler, Dr Jane; Miranda Kadwell, Matilde Fernandez, Helen F. Stanley, Ricardo Baldi, Raul Rosadio, Michael W. Bruford (2001-12-22). Genetic analysis reveals the wild ancestors of the llama and the alpaca. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B, Volume 268, Issue 1485, Dec 2001, Pages 2575 - 2584. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. Retrieved on 2006-06-07.
- ^ Heeres, J E (Editor) (2006). Abel Janszoon Tasman's Journal of his Discovery of Van Diemen's Land and New Zealand in 1642 with Documents Relating to his Exploration of Australia in 1644...to which are added his Life and Labours, 1898. Project Gutenberg of Australia. Retrieved on 2006-07-09.
- ^ Wheeler, Dr Jane; Miranda Kadwell, Matilde Fernandez, Helen F. Stanley, Ricardo Baldi, Raul Rosadio, Michael W. Bruford (12 2001). "Genetic analysis reveals the wild ancestors of the llama and the alpaca". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 268 (1485): 2575 - 2584.
- ^ Brothers, Nigel; David Pemberton, Helen Pryor, Vanessa Halley (2001). Tasmania's Offshore Islands : seabirds and other natural features. Hobart, Tasmania: Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. ISBN 072464816X.
[edit] Nasa Worldwind Measure Tool
Need confirmation of measurements. Above were taken from Nasa Worldwind, but I don't know how accurate that is. Checked Hobart airport - Wikipedia says 2200m, my measurement at 30,000m, 2256m, at 4365m, 2218 - pretty close. Hobart to Granton, 20km by road, is 16.7 direct - pretty close. Kingsford-Smith Airport Sydney main runway, Wikipedia says 3968m, I get 3936m - very close. I can't be sure I am measuring right points, so I need another check.
Compared distance on Tas govt The List map measured using grid coordinates between two points east and west of New Norfolk that are clearly identifiable on the map, and are close to the same latitude. These two points were 12,925 metres apart. Nasa Worldwind measure tool gives the same distance as 12.71Km. This is a difference of less than 1%. Checked grid map coordinates by zooming in to a scale of 1:160 (_very_ close up!). West point is E499020 N5266043, East point is E511930 N5265751. This gives a N/S difference of 292 metres, and E/W of 12,910 metres, hence 12.91Km. Worldwind measurement at altitude 13,876m is 12.7km, 27,812m same, 55,612 12.8, 111.37km 12.6 (getting too hard to see the points clearly. However even at altitude of 111 Km, error is still only 1%!! Error at altitude 13.9Km was 2%.
Note that Vertical Exaggeration in Worldwind is set to 0. If set above 1 it will introduce errors for points significantly above sea level. Shouldn't affect measurements here, but set to 0 anyway.
Multimap distance bar at bottom of map gives distances about 30% more. Checking distances on map against stated scale gives 1.65cm on screen at 1:200,000 for width of De Witt Island = 3.3 Km - pretty close. However distance bar at bottom shows 25 Km, but is 8.8cm long, giving 17.6 km, not 25! This is out by 30%, though the rest of the map is fine, at or very close to scale. The sample distance bar is the only thing out, and it appears to be out by a consistent 30% at different scales.
Apart from this, Multimap correlates closely with Worldwind and TheList measurements.
Used The List map to check Maatsuyker distances:
- Maatsuyker - nearest point on mainland = 10.4km
- Maatsuyker E/W distance = 1.235Km
- Maatsuyker N/S = 2.52km
- De Witt N/S 2.13 x E/W 3.2km
- De Witt - mainland 5.99km - but it is hard to see where land is at nearest point, so 5.5 - 6.
Compared distance calculator at Geoscience Australia which works off gazetteer database, with Worldwind measure tool. South West Cape to South East Cape - GA = 64.4km, Worldwind at altitude 84Km = 64.8km.
Conclusion - Worldwind measure tool is quite accurate provided points measured can be accurately identified.
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