A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World
work by Cook
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history of New Zealand
- In New Zealand: Discovery
Cook’s journal, published as A Voyage Towards the South Pole, and Round the World (1777), brought the knowledge of a new land to Europeans. He stressed the intelligence of the natives and the suitability of the country for colonization, and soon colonists as well as other discoverers followed Cook…
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