Fascimilie of Captain Cook's original chart of New Zealand, 1770

DateFirst published in 1769 - 1770Reference NumberMap 21-063DescriptionFramed reproduction of Captain Cook's original chart of New Zealand, 1770. Shows the North Island, South Island, Cook's Strait, Bank's Peninsular as Bank's Island, and Stewart Island as Cape South.

Charts the journey of the Endeavour around the entire coastline of New Zealand.

Names mountain ranges eg The Southern Alps, Mount Egmont, Mt Edgecumbe Names the South Island Tovypoenammu (Te Wai Pounamu) and the North Island Aeheinomouwe (Te Ika o Maui). Several coastland areas are also named, for example Cape Kidnappers, Cape Palliser, Hawkes Bay, Bay of Islands, Bay of Plenty, Tolaga Bay, Poverty Bay, Queen Charlotte Sound. Most heavily named and closely surveyed area was the north east coast of the North Island.CreatorOriginal by Cook, James, 1728-1779Physical DescriptionFramed black and white printed map size is mm x mmSourcesNational Library of New Zealand

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Fascimilie of Captain Cook's original chart of New Zealand, 1770