Abel Tasman’s 1642 Landing and the Silence That Followed

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• VA

  @valerieprice1745 · 9 months ago

  I don't accept the narrative of natives defending their food supply,  as if they wouldn't have attacked at some other location. That suggestion is contradicted in the video.  Everyplace the Dutch tried to approach the shore, the natives launched canoes for war. Europeans don't have a monopoly on warfare. Nearly every known people group in history waged war against other people groups.  The Enlightenment idea that "man, in his natural state" would be peaceful is just pure bs.

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• DA

  @davidc3839 · 7 days ago

  This is one of the best documentaries you have produced, and I have never come across a bad one. Your art and storytelling evoke powerful images. Thank you

• GR

  @graemehelleur1627 · 9 months ago

  Kiaora. I live in Tasman Bay. This was good history well told. The tribe that challenged Tasman was called the Ngati Tumata Kokori. They ceased to exist by 1800 and the oral history of these events died with them. Maori are a martial people because of necessity and are quick to respond to any perceived threat. Thank you/ Tena koe.

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• WA

  @waitakereman · 8 months ago

  The thing that gets me about TASMAN is we never knew what he looked like

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• MI

  @michaelpcooksey5096 · 9 months ago

  There is a comment that wet wool never dried in the narrative voyage around <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWtESGIjgFE&amp;t=1000">16:40</a> on the video time gage. &nbsp;The thing is that wool, even when wet, contains body heat and does not leach heat away like cotton or other fabrics. &nbsp;Wet wool can actually protect you.

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• FO

  @fossilsfabe4304 · 8 months ago

  I live in New Zealand. We are well acquainted with the roaring forties. Below are the furious fifties and the screaming sixties. The names are not an exaggeration.

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• SU

  @SuperDaveNumber1 · 8 months ago

  I don’t know how you do it, but the amount of effort you put into each episode is impressive and amazing. &nbsp;The details, the accuracy, and the art work are incredible and beyond comprehension. &nbsp;I enjoy watching every single video that you bring to us. &nbsp;Thank you, from a dedicated fan!

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• SW

  @swainsongable · 8 months ago

  I must admit your Ai illustrations are fantastic 🙏

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• GR

  @grahambarber2766 · 2 months ago

  Excellent narration by Tom Waites.

• DE

  @debbiebuxton1484 · 3 months ago

  I lived at this bay they had the altercation in it is called ligar bay its one of the many bays of golden bay or murderers bay.its a beautifull place

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• WI

  @WilliamKearns5358 · 9 months ago

  In Loving Memories Of, <br><br>Jan Isbrantsz, August 11th, 1615 ~ December 31st 1642, <br>Jan Tyssen, August 12th, 1616 ~ December 19th 1642, <br>Tobias Pietersz, August 13th, 1617 ~ December 19th 1642, <br>Claes Vischer, August 14th, 1618 ~ December 19th 1642. <br><br>May These Dutch Sailors rest in peace.

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• MI

  @Mista2 · 8 months ago

  My dad grew up in a town in Tasmania named after the Zeehaen . Zeehan was used in filming the TV series Bay of Fires

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