New Zealand was the last large landmass people reached.

1096 · 1280 · apart: 184 years

Polynesians arrived around 1280, by which time Oxford had been teaching students for almost 200 years.

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• Polynesians settle New Zealandc. 1280 · Aotearoa. East Polynesian voyagers in canoes reached New Zealand, the last major landmass to be settled by humans. Their descendants created Māori culture; one of the oldest settlements has been found at Wairau Bar.

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