Captain James Cook explored the New Zealand coast line in the year 1769. He returned to New Zealand in 1774.
Captain James Cook explored the New Zealand coast line in the year 1769. He returned to New Zealand in 1774.
Captain Cook
The first ship to circumnavigate NZ was Captain Cook
He was a scientist on Captain cooks ship, studied NZ plants and insects.
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The tallest NZ mountain is Mt. Cook. It is named after Captain Cook. It has two official names; the other is Aoraki.
His cabin in his boat. The he mapped the coast of New Foundland. When he was a captain he was hired to go to Tahiti and observe the transit of Venus. Then he sailed on and came across New Zealand so he mapped the coast of NZ.
The name of Captain Cook's ship that he sailed on to New Zealand is the HMS Endeavour. It is depicted on the 50-cent coin in New Zealand.
he used swords and guns and gunpowderhe whiped out a shotgun and killed everybody in Nz thats why there is no life on potao
The first European captain to land on New Zealand soil was Dutch explorer Abel Tasman in 1642. He landed in what is now known as Golden Bay on the South Island.
Young Nick's Head, a cape on the east coast of the North Island named after Captain Cook's cabin boy.
None. Captain Cook did not carry convicts. His was a mission of exploration and discovery. Cook was not part of the First Fleet of convicts to Australia. Cook's only part in the passage of convicts was to recommend Botany Bay as a suitable site for a penal colony, but he died nine years before the First Fleet arrived.