Places Named By Early Explorers

LI: to learn about the places named by early explorers
This week for Inquiry we made a map about the named places by early explorers who came to New Zealand. The people who named places in New Zealand are Abel Tasman, Captain James Cook, and Kupe. Abel Tasman is a Dutch explorer. Captain James Cook is a British explorer, and naval officer. Kupe is a great fisherman, and the chief of his tribe. They all are explorers who came to New Zealand by accident. They all came to New Zealand in different places, some came to the North or South.

Places are named because so people know the area. The reasons some places are named by the finder is because you can show, you were the first one to find it, so you can be respected, so you can be famous, or so you can even boost your ego. Some places are even named after friends to show honour. But most are named after important people so they could get paid. Places are also named after the appearance, for example Cloudy Bay is called that because it is cloudy. They're even named after events like Poverty Bay which is called that because the place had no freshwater or resources so it was called Poverty Bay.