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View of Assassanation Cove at the north east end of Oraukawa Bay, Manawaora Bay, Bay of Islands, Northland, New Zealand. Photographed by Russell Duncan on the 27th of July 1914. This cove is where the French explorer and his boat's crew of 15, were killed by Maori on the 12th of June 1772.
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Assassination Cove. French explorer Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne was slayed and possibly eaten here in 1772. There is a plaque in place recognisng the incident.
Monument to the memory of Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne and his party at Te Hue Bay, "Assassination cove". Marion sighted New Zealand 's Mount Taranaki on 25 March 1772, and named the mountain Pic Mascarin without knowing that James Cook had named it "Mount Egmont" three years earlier.
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Apr 11, 2024 · Assassination Cove: The story of Assassination Cove is pretty interesting! This is the site where Marion du Fresne and 26 of his crew members were killed, and possibly were victims of cannibalism, in June of 1772.
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