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New Zealand - Coromandel Peninsula

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January 21st 2015
The Coromandel Peninsula was named for HMS <em style="color:𽩭 font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">Coromandel , a ship of the British Royal Navy, which stopped at Coromandel Harbour in 1820 to purchase kauri spars and was itself named for ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Coromandel Peninsula

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more