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Monday, 8 June 2020

Early Encounters In Aotearoa

Captain James Cook, English explorer - Stock Image - C044/9497 ...Hello welcome back to my blog.

Captian James Cook was the first European to Aotearoa, he arrived in 1642. He named the land Nova Zelander.

In 1642 Able Tasman was the second explorer the arrive in Aotearoa.

Te Paea was the chief navigator helping the explorers. Bringing with him, pigs, rats and diseases.

A gun is what they used to call a musket. The musket war ended in 1830.

The ratio of Maori to Pakeha in Aotearoa in 1840? was 40 Maori to 1 Pakeha.



Musket - Wikipedia

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  1. Now that's an informative report Quaiden. Well done!

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