First contact (anthropology)
Notable examples
Numerous important instances of first contact have occurred without detailed contemporary recording recordings across Eurasia and Africa. Including the 330 BC invasions of Alexander the Great from Persia to India and the establishment of Romano-Chinese relations in the 100s AD, however, well established trade routes from prehistoric times meant that many of these cultures would have been aware of the other before meeting.

First contact (anthropology)

Section Title: Notable examples
Table Section Text: Numerous important instances of first contact have occurred without detailed contemporary recording recordings across Eurasia and Africa. Including the 330 BC invasions of Alexander the Great from Persia to India and the establishment of Romano-Chinese relations in the 100s AD, however, well established trade routes from prehistoric times meant that many of these cultures would have been aware of the other before meeting.

Year	Date	indigenous	Name	Exploring group	Location	Country	Description of first contact

1492	12 October	Taíno, Galibi and Ciboney etc.	Christopher Columbus	Spanish Empire	Unknown	Bahamas and Cuba	Friendly permission to leave 39 men behind given.

1595	21 July	Polynesians	Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira	Spanish Empire	Marquesas Islands	French Polynesia	Initially friendly, but turning violent in the first encounter and leading to 200 local deaths in the first two weeks.

1642	19 December	Ngāti Tūmatakōkiri	Abel Tasman	Dutch	Tasman District	New Zealand	Four Dutch killed, one Māori wounded, no other communication.

1788	21 January	Cadigal and Bidjigal etc.	First Fleet	Great Britain	Sydney	Australia	Friendly, reserved, one aborigine likely beaten.

1791	29 November	Moriori	William R. Broughton	Great Britain	Chatham Island	New Zealand	Shows of aggression by Moriori followed quickly by peaceful relations. Then a fight leading to the death of one Moriori.

1930	Papuan people	Mick Leahy	Australian	New Guinea Highlands	Papua New Guinea	Friendly, some Highland people thought they were ancestors and attempted to rub off their white skins.

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Notable example of first contact was the Australians with Europeans in 1788 when the First Fleet arrived in Sydney.

final_sentence: Notable example of first contact was the Australians with Europeans in 1788 when the First Fleet arrived in Sydney.