The European Discovery of New Zealand: The History and Legacy of Early Expeditions and British Settlements on New Zealand

*Includes pictures*Includes contemporary accounts*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading“When one house dies, a second lives.” - Maori proverbBy the mid-17th century, the existence of a land in the south referred to as Terra Australis was generally known and understood by the Europeans, and incrementally, its shores were observed and mapped. Van Diemen’s Land, an island off the south coast of Australia now called Tasmania, was identified in 1642 by Dutch mariner Abel Tasman, and a few months later, the intrepid Dutchman would add New Zealand to the map of the known world.