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I'm a kiwi. The ship is on our 50c coins, but has always seemed almost mythical to me. This would be pretty damn cool.

by Tomminn 8y ago

keithnz 8y ago
kiwi too, and yes, this would be a cool find. This ship is such a significant part of the south pacifics history.
- Applethief 8y ago
  Also Kiwi. Amazing News...
  - bacon_waffle 8y ago
    Checking in from Dunedin ;) Too bad it sounds like Endeavour will stay up there, but what an amazing find!
- satori99 8y ago
  Aussie here, who is this Cook guy? /s I recently had a short conversation with an American high school exchange student in Sydney who was annoyed about how much we are taught about Captain Cook and his voyages in Australian schools. I tried to point out that Cook and the Endeavor were pretty damn significant to The United States also, but he was having none of it, and insisted that Cook was unimportant in US history. sigh.
- markdown 8y ago
  Captain Cook and his crew were pedophiles and wrote about how they raped 9 and 10 year olds as they passed through the Pacific, claiming that this was all fine because island girls were "sooner ripe". Of course this has all been whitewashed for the greater good of British Empire, but if you ask around the Pacific Islands, you'll find a few people who curse the ship that brought those savages to their islands. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cu88hV1UkAA9DIj.jpg https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cu88hV1UkAA9DIj.jpg EDIT: All the downvotes without a single rebuttal. You disappoint me, HN.
Taniwha 8y ago
Yeah, but finding Maui's canoe would be even cooler
GijsjanB 8y ago
Dutch here. Any idea why De Heemskerck from Abel Tasman is not on the 50c?
- kirrent 8y ago
  A few: -Cultural relations between the UK and New Zealand have always been strong particularly back in 67 when decimalisation happened. -Originally the 50c coin was going to be a design that paid tribute to NZ's farming industry but the designs were sent to an advisory committee for the UK Royal Mint who didn't like them. The new designs solicited in NZ resulted in the current 50c design. -James Berry, the artist for the coins, was born in London before moving to NZ at around 20. Not that that makes him more anglocentric than a lot of the rest of the country (especially at the time). -While Tasman was there first, his visit was brief and came to little result. Cook spent quite some time in NZ, mapped the entire coastline, returned later himself, and NZ was technically colonised shortly after. -If you're concerned with the first humans to arrive there, they're celebrated on the 10c and 20c coin. All in all, you might as well ask why Leif Erikson is so ignored in the US. The situations are fairly analogous.
  - satori99 8y ago
    Cook was also the first European to prove that NZ was in fact two separate islands.

I'm a kiwi. The ship is on our 50c coins, but has always seemed almost mythical to me. This would be pretty damn cool.

keithnz 8y ago

kiwi too, and yes, this would be a cool find. This ship is such a significant part of the south pacifics history.

Applethief 8y ago
Also Kiwi. Amazing News...
- bacon_waffle 8y ago
  Checking in from Dunedin ;) Too bad it sounds like Endeavour will stay up there, but what an amazing find!
satori99 8y ago
Aussie here, who is this Cook guy? /s I recently had a short conversation with an American high school exchange student in Sydney who was annoyed about how much we are taught about Captain Cook and his voyages in Australian schools. I tried to point out that Cook and the Endeavor were pretty damn significant to The United States also, but he was having none of it, and insisted that Cook was unimportant in US history. sigh.
markdown 8y ago
Captain Cook and his crew were pedophiles and wrote about how they raped 9 and 10 year olds as they passed through the Pacific, claiming that this was all fine because island girls were "sooner ripe". Of course this has all been whitewashed for the greater good of British Empire, but if you ask around the Pacific Islands, you'll find a few people who curse the ship that brought those savages to their islands. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cu88hV1UkAA9DIj.jpg https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cu88hV1UkAA9DIj.jpg EDIT: All the downvotes without a single rebuttal. You disappoint me, HN.

Taniwha 8y ago

Yeah, but finding Maui's canoe would be even cooler

GijsjanB 8y ago

Dutch here. Any idea why De Heemskerck from Abel Tasman is not on the 50c?

kirrent 8y ago
A few: -Cultural relations between the UK and New Zealand have always been strong particularly back in 67 when decimalisation happened. -Originally the 50c coin was going to be a design that paid tribute to NZ's farming industry but the designs were sent to an advisory committee for the UK Royal Mint who didn't like them. The new designs solicited in NZ resulted in the current 50c design. -James Berry, the artist for the coins, was born in London before moving to NZ at around 20. Not that that makes him more anglocentric than a lot of the rest of the country (especially at the time). -While Tasman was there first, his visit was brief and came to little result. Cook spent quite some time in NZ, mapped the entire coastline, returned later himself, and NZ was technically colonised shortly after. -If you're concerned with the first humans to arrive there, they're celebrated on the 10c and 20c coin. All in all, you might as well ask why Leif Erikson is so ignored in the US. The situations are fairly analogous.
- satori99 8y ago
  Cook was also the first European to prove that NZ was in fact two separate islands.