In lutruwita

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The first European to discover lutruwita was Dutch explorer Abel Tasman, who named it Van Diemen’s Land in 1642. Observing notches cut into trees at five-foot intervals, Tasman surmised that this new-found land was inhabited by giants. English sailor Tobias Furneaux was the next European to chart part of the island after his ship Adventure became separated from James Cook’s Resolution in 1773. Finding safe anchorage at the place he named Adventure Bay after his ship, Furneaux spent five days there and observed signs of habitation. Cook’s Resolution and Discovery visited Adventure Bay in 1777, as did William Bligh’s Bounty in 1788. Unlike Furneaux, Cook briefly met with members of the Nuenonne tribe who called this place home.

Bruni D’Entrecasteaux was a French explorer who set out in the frigates and in 1791 at the behest of King Louis XVI. He was in search of another Frenchman, La Pérouse, who had been missing since 1788. La Pérouse had surprised the First Fleet when his frigates sailed