Editing Abel Tasman (section)

====Mauritius====
In accordance with Visscher's directions, Tasman sailed from Batavia on 14 August 1642<ref name="robinsonlibrary">{{cite web|url=http://www.robinsonlibrary.com/geography/geography/discoveries/tasman.htm|title=Abel Janszoon Tasman, the first known European explorer to reach Tasmania and New Zealand and to sight Fiji|publisher=robinsonlibrary.com|access-date=31 August 2015|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924091636/http://www.robinsonlibrary.com/geography/geography/discoveries/tasman.htm|url-status=usurped}}</ref> and arrived at [[Mauritius]] on 5 September 1642, according to the captain's journal.<ref name="abeltasman.org"/> The reason for this was the crew could be fed well on the island; there was plenty of fresh water and timber to repair the ships. Tasman got the assistance of the governor [[Adriaan van der Stel]].

Because of the prevailing winds, Mauritius was chosen as a turning point. After a four-week stay on the island, both ships left on 8 October using the [[Roaring Forties]] to sail east as fast as possible. (No one had gone as far as [[Pieter Nuyts]] in 1626/27.) On 7 November, snow and hail influenced the ship's council to alter course to a more north-easterly direction,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0600611.txt |title=ebooks06/0600611 |via=[[Project Gutenberg Australia]] |archive-date=8 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201008113814/http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0600611.txt|url-status=live}}</ref> with the intention of having the [[Solomon Islands]] as their destination.