Abel Tasman’s VOC expedition sighted the South Island. Māori had long inhabited and named these lands; describing the sighting as “discovery” centers European records and obscures Indigenous knowledge and sovereignty. The expedition sought a southern route and commercial advantage, not settlement at this point.
Inisiá sesion pa gusta òf marká e relato aki.
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Personanan den e suseso aki
Ainda no tin imágen ni vidio pa e suseso aki.
Eventonan Relashoná
Why does a decolonial history question European “discovery” language?
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Splikashon
Indigenous peoples inhabited, named, and governed these lands before European arrival.