Who visited Tonga?
Who visited Tonga? 1616 - Dutch explorers are the first Europeans to visit Tonga. 1773-77 - British explorer Captain James Cook visits Tonga three times. 1830s - Wesleyan missionaries convert paramount chief Taufa'ahau Tupou who in turn converts fellow islanders.
Who came first Tonga or Samoa?
Samoa's first people were seafarers who, guided by the stars, arrived on outrigger canoes around 1,000BC. Ancient myths and legends say the first people descended from the heavens and gods to inhabit these islands, however, It is believed they came from Tonga.