Cook claims New Zealand at Queen Charlotte Sound
1770 · Event
Cook builds a cairn, hoists the Union flag and takes formal possession of the South Island in the name of George III.
On these timelines: Australia & the Pacific, Age of Exploration, British Empire, Master
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