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300 B.C. Polynesians reach the Marquesas and Tahiti
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Erik Thorvaldsson known as Erik the Red first discovered greenland in 1003
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the first arrivals came from East Polynesia in the 13th century
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Christopher Columbus Discovers America, 1492.
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Captain James Cook discoverd australia in 1606
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Abel Janszoon Tasman was the first European to discover New Zealand
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Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen happened upon the islands in 1722.
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The first-recorded European contact with the island took place on 5 April (Easter Sunday) 1722 when Dutch navigator Jacob Roggeveen visited for a week and estimated there were 2,000 to 3,000 inhabitants on the island.
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January 18, 1778, the English explorer Captain James Cook becomes the first European to discover the Hawaii