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abel tasman
After some exploration, Tasman had intended to proceed in a northerly direction but as the wind was unfavourable he steered east. On 13 December they sighted land on the north-west coast of the South Island, New Zealand, becoming the first Europeans to do so.[14] Tasman named it Staten Landt on the assumption that it was connected to an island (Staten Island, Argentina) at the south of the tip of South America. Proceeding north and then east, he stopped to gather water, but one of his boats was -
Jean francois marie de surville
He sailed from India in the Saint Jean Baptiste, a ship of 650 tons, on 2 June 1769, making for the Strait of Malacca, Trengganu and the northern Philippines, and entered the Pacific on 24 August. His course took him through western Micronesia, but he failed to sight any islands, and veered east before he reached New Guinea. Finally, on 7 October, his crew already seriously affected by scurvy, he made his first landfall at Choiseul Island in the Solomons. He anchored for a week in Santa Ysabel, -
James cook
Cook visited the country 3 times: 1769 on board the endeavour, where he made landfall at poverty bay; on board resolution in 1773 and adventure in 1777. During all three voyages he spent extensive time at shipcove in Queen charrlotte sound. while cook was interested in protecting maori and ensuring peace -
marion du fresne
marion du fresne was another french explorer to visit new zealand, in 1772. Du fresne had contact with maori in the bay of islands, although this contact would go horribly wrong. through some sort of misunderstanding, Maori killed 25 of the french officers and men, including Du fresne himself -
william and ann
the first european industary in newe zealand was whaling and the first whaling ship william and ann arrived in 1791. the main place for deep- sea whaling was dusky sound, and crews would makee land to resupply and have a good time -
sealers
sealers arrived in 1792. similar to whaling, sealing took place in remote areas with large seal areas -
missionary
During Captain Cook's earlier visits, he had recommended New Zealand as ideal for settlement by Europeans. Cook had described the Māori as "intelligent and adaptable, in spite of their inter-tribal wars." Cook particularly recommended the Bay of Islands in the far North, for settlement. The British Government did not pay much attention to Cooks recommendations, but by 1810 American and European whalers and traders began invading the Bay of Islands, creating a settlement called Kororareka (known -
Kupe
according to some maori traditions ( not all) the lengendary polynesian founder of New Zealand was the explorer Kupe, who disovered the land he named 'aotearoa' c.925.ad. Kupe returned home to hawaiki, and told the people about the new land, which he said had many birds but no people. -
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