Editing Abel Tasman (section)

====Return voyage====
En route back to Batavia, Tasman came across the [[Tonga]]n archipelago on 20 January 1643. While passing the [[Fiji|Fiji Islands]] Tasman's ships came close to being wrecked on the dangerous reefs of the north-eastern part of the Fiji group. He charted the eastern tip of [[Vanua Levu]] and [[Cikobia-i-Lau]] before making his way back into the open sea.

The expedition turned north-west towards [[New Guinea]] and arrived back in Batavia on 15 June 1643.<ref name=teara/>{{sfn|Beazley|1911}}