[DOC] [TLE] The Kingdom Of Tonga | Three Millennia of History [PAR] The arrival of European explorers and navigators from the 17th century saw the 
introduction of Christianity, now an integral part of the modern Kingdom of Tonga. 
... Schouten and Jacob Le Maire discovered the Niuas, the small northern most 
islands of ... Unlike the first Dutch contact further north in 1616, Tasman's ships 
the... [DOC] [TLE] History of Tonga - Wikipedia [PAR] The history of Tonga is recorded since the century after 900 BC, when seafarers 
associated with the Lapita diaspora first settled the islands which now make up 
the Kingdom of Tonga. Along with Fiji and Samoa, the area served as a gateway 
into the rest of the Pacific region known as Polynesia. ... The first time the Tongan 
people encountered Europeans was in April 1616... [DOC] [TLE] History of the Kingdom of Tonga | Waterfront Lodge [PAR] Book Now ... The Tongan people first encountered Europeans in 1616 when the 
Dutch ... had a reputation across the central Pacific  from Niue, Samoa, Eastern 
Fiji, ... and Jacob Le Maire (who called on the northern island of Niuatoputapu), 
and ... Tonga became a British-protected state under a Treaty of Friendship on 18
... [DOC] [TLE] About Tonga - REALtonga [PAR] Book Now ... Tonga became known as the Friendly Islands because of the 
congenial reception accorded to Captain James Cook on his first visit in 1773. ... 
The Tongan people first encountered Europeans in 1616 when the Dutch vessel 
... and Jacob Le Maire (who called on the northern island of Niuatoputapu), and 
in... [DOC] [TLE] A New Mission Established in the Kingdom of Tonga (  ... [PAR] Feb 21, 2012 ... Tonga's islands were discovered for Europe by the Dutch seamen Willem 
Schouten and Jacob Le Maire in 1616. ... Tonga is now a member nation of the 
UN, the South Pacific Commission and the Forum of Pacific Islands. Tonga is a 
small kingdom, world-renowned as the first of all nations to see the rising... [DOC] [TLE] Snapshot of Oceania: Tonga - Sheppard Software [PAR] The Kingdom of Tonga is an archipelago in the southern Pacific Ocean, about ... 
that the first settlers in Tonga sailed from the Santa Cruz Islands, as part of the ... 
traded, warred, and intermarried in the islands now known as Tonga, Samoa, 
and ... Willem Schouten and Jacob Le Maire in 1616 (when they shot a Tongan 
off a... [DOC] [TLE] Discover the Kingdom of Tonga - SPTO [PAR] Nested in the South Pacific, the Kingdom of Tonga is the 'True South Pacific'. ... 
diving and whale watching, to staying in a boutique hotel on the stunning islands 
of Vava'u, you'll find it all here. ... The first Europeans arrived, beginning with 
Dutch explorers Willem Schouten and Jacob Le Maire, in 1616. ... Become a 
member. [DOC] [TLE] Tonga - History | Goway Travel [PAR] The first European contact came with the Dutch in April 1616. Willem Schouten 
and Jacob Lemaire moored at the northern islands Tafahi and Niuatoputapu. [DOC] [TLE] Tonganow - Online Community for Tongans - Timeline | Facebook [PAR] Bringing Tongans together to create a strong online community. Feohi'anga 'a e 
Tonga ma'ae ... Schouten and Le Maire off Tafahi in 1616, engraving. ... Tasman 
was then the first European to visit Tongatapu, which he called Amsterdam. ... of 
Pacific Islands language, and had described the Tongan Tongiaki in detail. [DOC] [TLE] Tonga commemorates the first Dutch visit in 1616  Coconet [PAR] May 19, 2016 ... Tonga commemorates the first Dutch visit in 1616. 400 years ago the Dutch 
explorers Jacob Le Maire and Willem Cornelisz Schouten became the first 
Europeans to put Tonga's northern islands onto European maps, during a great 
... Zaagman, the visiting Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. [DOC] [TLE] Tonga General Information, Pacific Islands [PAR] The Kingdom of Tonga is comprised of 176 islands, with 36 of them being 
inhabited. ... reception afforded to Captain James Cook on his first visit there in 
1773. ... resisted European colonization, and the Polynesian kingdom has never 
lost its

Question: In 1616 Jacob Lemaire became the first European to see what is now this Pacific island kingdom
Answer: Tonga