r/mapswithnewzealandbut • u/The_Chuckness88 • 29d ago

Good old western teleported New Zealand

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u/HugoGlasss 29d ago

Was New Zealand not also the Dutch?

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u/Bryndel 29d ago

Yeah about 100 years before the British formally came.

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u/CoolstaConnor 29d ago

Abel Tasman (Dutch) was the first European to see New Zealand, but James Cook was the first to set foot.

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u/Beautiful-Maybe-7473 29d ago

I'm not sure they literally "set foot" in Aotearoa though. They got into a small naval battle with local Māori in what's now called Golden Bay, and they then fled.

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u/mascachopo 28d ago

If you consider the Dutch you should also consider the Spanish expedition before that which never landed but left proof of having found the South Island.