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Who was the first to encounter the Māori and when?
18 December 1642 Abel Tasman’s Dutch East India Company expedition had the first known European contact with Māori. It did not go well. After Tasman first sighted New Zealand on 13 December, his two ships sailed up the West Coast and around Farewell Spit.
What did James Cook discover in New Zealand?
British navigator James Cook charted New Zealand and Australia’s Great Barrier Reef on his ship HMB Endeavour and later disproved the existence of the fabled southern continent Terra Australis.
Did James Cook land in New Zealand?
On 8 October 1769, Cook and his party made their historic landing in New Zealand.
What did James Cook think of Māori?
The local Māori were mystified by Cook’s great ship, reportedly believing that it was a floating island or a giant bird. A number of armed men approached the boat, in what some experts think was a “ceremonial challenge,” according to a New Zealand government site.
Where was Abel Tasman from?
Lutjegast, Netherlands
Abel Tasman/Place of birth
Born at Lutjegast, The Netherlands, Tasman went to sea in the service of the Dutch East India Company, receiving his first command in 1634.
Did Abel Tasman land in NZ?
Abel Tasman is officially recognised as the first European to ‘discover’ New Zealand in 1642. His men were the first Europeans to have a confirmed encounter with Māori. Continuing eastwards they sighted the mountains of a land that Tasman named Van Diemen’s Land (now Tasmania) after the governor general of Batavia.
Who was James Cook and what did he do?
James Cook was a British naval captain, navigator, and explorer who sailed the seaways and coasts of Canada and conducted three expeditions to the Pacific Ocean (1768–71, 1772–75, and 1776–79), ranging from the Antarctic ice fields to the Bering Strait and from the coasts of North America to Australia and New Zealand.
Did Abel Tasman discover Australia?
Seafarer, explorer and merchant Abel Janszoon Tasman was the first European to discover Tasmania and confirm Australia as an island continent. Born in the Netherlands around 1602, he was raised and educated in Lutjegast, Gronigen.
What happened Abel Tasman?
In 1648 Tasman attempted to hang two sailors who had disobeyed orders by leaving their quarters. He was drunk and one of the men almost died. Tasman was suspended without salary before being reinstated 11 months later. Tasman died in October 1659, survived by his second wife, Jannetje, and his daughter, Claesjen.