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First Contact 1642-1800 - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Two ships under his command, Zeehaen and Heemskerck
        
        Events
        
        Maori Waka approached and blew a conch in warning, and Tasman blew a trumpet in return, unknowingly acccepting a fight
        
        Maori boarded Zeehaen to talk, and Abel sent a ship across to warn his crew to be careful
        
        Sighted land on 13 December, dropped anchor five days later
        
        A maori waka then rammed the boat going across the the other ship, killing 4 men instantly , while the other 3 swam to safety
        
        Maori then fled, and Abel fired a small cannon at the boat, killing 1 maori.
        
        Tasman quickly pulled up anchors and sailed away, naming the area Murderers Bay
        
        Tasman then took the story of NZ as a dangerous place to Europe, which warded off all visitors for 130 years
- - - - Persuaded Tahitian Priest, Tupaea, to come with him, and he served as a translator/interpreter for Cook, because his language was similar
        
        Events
        
        Made landfall in many places around coast, mostly peaceful interactions
        
        Cook believed that all the violent interactions were by the fault of the europeans, rather than the Maori
        
        Cooks reports shaped European idea of Maori and NZ
        
        Viewed Maori as strong fighters, noble and intelligent, and took home many gifts and treasures from them
        
        His ship, the Endeavour arrived in NZ in 1769
        
        When he left, he sailed across to Australia and landed in a place he named Botany Bay
        
        One encounter remembered by a boy named Te Taniwha
        
        Thought they were atua because they rowed backwards, had white skin, and blue eyes
        
        Te Taniwha given metal nail
        
        Could not understand each other
        
        Served them food, then they left
        
        By now, the land was called New Zealand by the Europeans
- - - - Captain Cook planted potatoes, which revolutionized Maori agriculture
        
        Potatoes could be grown in excess, as they were quick and easy to grow and did not require much space
        
        An excess of potatoes enabled the Maori to trade potatoes fo items with visiting ships, so many hapu planted huge gardens of Potatoes and were trading by 1800
    - - Marion du Fresne and his crew said they planted 'pips and stones' wherever they went. This likely explains the wild garlic and onion found in NZ today.
    - - Captain Cook left behind pigs, which multiplied and spread and came to be called 'captain cookers' nowadays
  - - - When Cook returned many Maori suffered from venereal disease
      - Maori had no immunity to new diseases such as measles, smallpox, and a number of dysentry-like illnesses.
        
        This would result in a large percentage of Maori population to die from new diseases
        
        Overtime they would build immunity, but many hapu were decimated by these diseases
      - By 1800, scrofula was common among Maori
- - - - Came to a harbour just up the coast and decided to set up thee instead, called the bay Port Jackson
        
        Port Jackson became colony, and for next 150 years, many convicts would be transported there, and it was commonly referred to as Botany Bay, although being further up the coast
      - Australia was consider Terra Nullius, which meant that it belonged to no one
- - - - Whales were slaughtered by the thousands, and their carcasses were dragged ashore and their blubber was boiled down into oil
        
        Oil used for lamp fuel
    - - Sealskins used for fashion
        
        Seals bludgeoned to death on rocks and then skinned, their skin was salted and cured
        
        The skin was then sent to Britain, where it would be made into top hats and cloaks
- - - - This would lead many Europeans to follow suit, assimilating into the Maori culture
        
        Pakeha Maori could act as a translator or mediator for trade between the tribe and Europeans, and were often kept as a mokai, or a respected pet
        
        If pakeha were of no use to the tribe, they were often killed or eaten
        
        Pakeha Maori could fight alongside the tribe, and even become rangitira if they were particularly respected, and some could also get a moko
        
        Other Early Pakeha Maori
        
        George Bruce, a pickpocket who looked after a chief and then joined his tribe