Canterbury new zealand

History of Canterbury

By webleyg

  • Abel Tasman finds the North Island

    Able Tasman becomes first European to find the North Island (‘Statenland’), 1642

  • Captain Cook made a map of the Aotearoa

    Captain Cook mapped the whole of Aotearoa in series of 3 voyages, 1769-1777

  • First whaling ship

    First whaling ship in NZ 1791

  • New Zealand Company founded

    New Zealand Company founded with aim to create English colonies in NZ, 1839

  • Treaty of Waitangi

    Treaty of Waitangi signed 6 Feb 1840

  • Charlotte Jane Arrived

    First ship arrived in New Zealand carrying settlers it arrived at 6am

  • Randolph

    The second ship arrived at 3.30 pm on the same day as the Charlotte Jane

  • Sir George Seymour Arrived

    This was the third ship to arrive it arrived the day after the other two.

  • Cressy Arrived

    The final of the four ships arrived 10 days after the third.