Episode 3 of 5
Landfall in New Zealand
- When
- early October 1769
- Where
- New Zealand coastline, Poverty Bay
Endeavour reached New Zealand in early October 1769, the first European vessel there since Tasman in 1642.
In October 1769 Endeavour reached the New Zealand coastline, becoming the first European vessel to reach the islands since Abel Tasman's Heemskerck 127 years earlier. One source dates Cook's arrival at 6 October 1769, with a landing party coming ashore at Poverty Bay on 7 October; the legacy record places the landfall on 7 October, a discrepancy left explicit here.
Sources
- HMS Endeavour Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-21
- First voyage of James Cook Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-17
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