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Eighth Continent ‘Zealandia’ discovered.
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Eighth Continent ‘Zealandia’ discovered.

The Discovery of Eighth Continent 'Zealandia' has left everyone shocked. Even more shocking is the fact that its discovery by human eye took 375 years. We all know that a Continent is basically a combination of several landmasses. Since childhood we all know about the existence of seven continents which are Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Europe, Antarctica and Australia. However its about time we will see an addition into this list. This is because scientist have recently discovered a new continent Eighth Continent 'Zealandia' . The continent was first brought to light in 1642 by a sailor named Abel Tasman. Abel made claims that there existed a continent in the southern hemisphere. After around 375 years later, Tasman's claims have proven to be right after the discov...