Tasman reaches New Zealand
1642 · Event
Abel Tasman becomes the first European to sight Tasmania and New Zealand, charting the edges of the southern continent.
On these timelines: Australia & the Pacific, Age of Exploration, Master, The Low Countries
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- Gallipoli campaign (1915)
- Treaty of Waitangi signed (1840)
- New Zealand grants women the vote (1893)
Around 1642
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