Second Contact of Maori with French: Marion Dufresne's Expedition

ЮГО-ВОСТОЧНАЯ АЗИЯ: АКТУАЛЬНЫЕ ПРОБЛЕМЫ РАЗВИТИЯ, 2021, №4(53), 240-261

 
Annotation: This article is about the second visit of the French sailors to New Zealand and their contact with the native New Zealanders now known as Maori people. During this visit a tragic series of con-flicts that was started at the first visit got it’s development. That could affect the whole process of French and British colonization of Polynesia.

Keywords: 18th century, New Zealand, Moturua island, Maori, French seafarers, Marion Dufresne, massacre