Is Captain James Cook the first Euroepean to Discover New Zealand?

Answer 1

The first Europeans known to have reached New Zealand were led by Abel Janszoon Tasman, who sailed up the west coasts of the South and North Islands in 1642. He named it Staten Landt, believing it to be part of the land Jacob Le Maire had seen in 1616 off the coast of Chile. Staten Landt appeared on Tasman's first maps of New Zealand, but this was changed by Dutch cartographers to Nova Zeelandia, after the Dutch province of Zeeland, some time after Hendrik Brouwer proved the supposedly South American land to be an island in 1643. The Latin Nova Zeelandia became Nieuw Zeeland in Dutch. Captain James Cook subsequently called the archipelago New Zealand (a slight corruption, as Zealand is not an alternative spelling of Zeeland

Answer 2

New Zealand was first visited by papuans and australians some 29810 years ago. Then 14000 years ago peruvians made their way to New Zealand and improved tattoos with aloe to avoid infections. Some folks from Easter Island (Rapa Nui) went to New Zealand some 8300 years ago and shared fish and rum, some 2300 years ago foreigners from all of those countries kept coming and sharing recipes and alcohol, they too helped with architecture and chemistry, providing at first quinine and protobiotics, then chickens and pigs, trading for local birds. By then chinese and japanese came yet with different intentions, found they could communicate and decided to work the land for some crops and chickens, which struck to their senses, being naturally different from those in their lands. They were repelled and waged a little war of eggs. Some 1782 years ago peruvians came again and provided powder, explosives and new methods of ship construction, then maori and cuarai made caonai, larger vessels armed and with broad cargo enhancement. 819 years ago many chinese and japanese landed seaching another route to Peru and Egypt, they stayed examining maps and charts for two years and were expelled again, this time with bombs to their vessels. Those invaders did pay attention to new arms, a little different and more advanced to their weapons.
610 years ago some dutch invaders got to New Zealand after a proper storm, and decided to stay, they were too expelled, and surprised for they did not know of explosives and cannons. Go figure, two years after portuguese and english made their historic and official disembark, they were killed and expelled to the joy of children. 135 years after that Cook passed rapidly to avoid inconveniences to locals, they did not disembark.
At last some french and english with them got in New Zealand and stayed two months before being expelled. Some foreigners are not expelled now but it is obvious to everybody someone is not popular when older women cook cebiche or camarona.

Answer 3

No Cook was not the first. That honor goes to Abel Janszoon Tasman - Holland (1603 - 1659). See link below.

Answer 4

I think so, to

Answer 5

yup.........