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| c. 800 |
| | | Seafarers colonize New Zealand, the last great island region in the Pacific to be reached by human beings | |
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| 1642 |
| | | The Dutch explorer Abel Tasman attempts to land in Golden Bay, New Zealand, resulting in a clash with the Maoris | |
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| 1769 |
| | | Captain Cook reaches New Zealand and sets off to chart its entire coastline | |
|  | Hodges Dusky Bay, New Zealand (detail)
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