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The first Europeans arrived in Tonga in June 4 1616 when the Dutch explorers Willem Schouten and Jacob Le Maire spotted Tongans in a canoe off the coast of Niuatoputapu, and the famous Abel Tasman followed soon after.
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New Zealand was first spotted on December 13, 1642 by Dutch navigator Abel Tasman and explored by Kope in 1642.
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On 10 October 1643 the first Europeans arrived in 1616, when the Dutch explorers Willem Schouten and Jacob Le Maire spotted Tongans in a canoe off the coast of Niuatoputapu, and the famous Abel Tasman followed soon after.
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The first known European visitor to Easter Island was the Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen, who arrived in 5 April 1722. The Dutch named the island Paaseiland (Easter Island) to commemorate the day they arrived.
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Samoa was discovered in 1722 by Jacob Roggeveen, the first European to sight the islands. -
In June 23 1767 Tahiti was discovered by Caption Sumuel Wallis He
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Captain James Cook led three separate voyages to chart unknown areas of the globe for the British Empire. On his third voyage he encountered Hawaii. He first sighted the islands on 18 January 1778. -
The first official European sighting of Rarotonga was from the Endeavour in September/October 1813. The first known landing was by the crew of the Cumberland in 1814. This was a commercial expedition from Australia and New Zealand and its objective was to find sandalwood.