The first person to discover is unsure, because we only know of the Maori who came here on 'Wakas' (canoes) but the first European we know of to set foot on New Zealand is Abel Tasman, however his ship isnt very commonly known, and i do not know it either, but he left very soon assuming that the country was just a small island in the pacific, but later on Captain James Cook landed in New Zealand and explored and mapped the Coastlines, and his ship was named the 'Endeavour'
It wasnt lost! The great Maori explorer Kupe has that honour. Aotearoa NZ had been inhabited for hundreds of years before Cook popped o the scene. Hope this helps.
Lieutenant James Cook (later Captain) was the first to circumnavigate and chart the North and South Islands of New Zealand.
Captain James Cook explored the New Zealand coast line in the year 1769. He returned to New Zealand in 1774.
James Cook only travelled to New Zealand and Australia once.
Lieutenant (Captain) James Cook.
Captain Cook did not settle in New Zealand. He made three voyages to the Pacific and visited New Zealand on four separate occasions. He led the first British expedition to discover New Zealand and the first to set foot on new Zealand. Abel Tasman was the first European to sight New Zealand but did not land there. Captain James Cook was the first to circumnavigate and map New Zealand.
James Cook circumnavigated New Zealand before reaching Australia.
# Captain Cook didn't discover New Zealand. # Abel Tasman discovered New Zealand. # Captain Cook just mapped and explored it.
James Cook did not name New Zealand. New Zealand had already been named by Dutch explorer Abel Tasman in 1642 - over 130 years before Cook's expedition.
Lieutenant James Cook (later Captain) was the first to circumnavigate and chart the North and South Islands of New Zealand.
James Cook (not yet a captain) explored New Zealand in 1769, just prior to his arrival in Australia.
Captain James Cook visited the islands of Fiji, Hawaii, Cook Islands and New Zealand.
Yeah, but Cook mapped it accurately. He learned from other explorers before him.
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 explored the south Pacific including Australia, Hawaii, and New Zealand.
Yes. Lieutenant James Cook (not a captain at that stage) circumnavigated the main islands of New Zealand in 1769 and 1770.
Abel Tasman was the Dutch explorer who first sighted and named New Zealand in 1642, prior to James Cook's circumnavigation of the islands in 1769.