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BrianHooker

 Mission Statement: Why did I build this large site and why

did I release it on the Internet? Short answer:

Because it needed to be done; Amoris causa.

 

The theme -: New Zealand previous to 1840*

The object of this web site is twofold - firstly to provide the story of New Zealand previous to 1840, a period usually glossed over in standard history books; secondly to honour the memory of the early participants in the discovery, exploration, and settling of this country. New Zealanders today owe so much to the men and women named or acknowledged in these pages. Early New  Zealand cartography, navigation, exploration, discovery, surveying and

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James Cook and his Pacific voyages scroll down to Section X or click HERE

 

Section A

 

New Zealand unveiled (without illustrations.)

Page ABN1 New Zealand unveiled in one page - without illustrations

New Zealand unveiled illustrated   

Page AXD1 Preliminaries and bibliography Part A

 

Page AWG1 Sections 1 to 13 Start of text Part B

 

Page AWH1 Section 14 to 16  Part C

 

Page AWL1 Section 17 to 23 Part D

Section B

 

Explorers' charts and views of New Zealand

Page BZQ1 Preliminaries and bibliography -  Part A

 

Page BZR1 Plates 1 to 19 - Part B - illustrated

 

Page BZS1 Plates 20 to 37 - Part C - illustrated

 

Page BZT1 Plates 38 to 60 - Part D - illustrated

 

Page BZU1 Plates 61 to 74, and  bibliography - Part E

Section - C

Dictionary of early New Zealand Map-Makers

Page CZM1 Names - Allard to Zatta and also Lawn and Brown -  list of surveyors

 

Section - D

Early New Zealand printed maps

 

Page DYD1 Preliminaries and maps displaying New Zealand's western littoral - Chapter 1

Page DYE1  James Cook's charts and their progeny - Chapter 2

Page DYF1  Vancouver's charts - Chapter  3

Page DYG1 British Admiralty hydrographic charts - Chapter 4

Page DYH1 French printed charts - 18th and 19th century - Chapter 5

Page DYi1 Maps in marine atlases, and charts - Chapter 6

Page DYJ1 Missionary maps - Chapter 7

Page DYK1 Maps by the Wylds - Chapter 8

Page DYL1 Maps by the Arrowsmiths - Chapter 9

Page DYM1 Maps in British Parliamentary Papers - Chapter 10

 

Page DYN1 Maps by Smith, Elder & Co., and in the New Zealand Journal - Chapter 11

Page DYO1 Additional maps first published previous  to 1840 - Chapter 12

Page DYP1 Maps by colonial lithographers - Chapter 13

Page DYQ1 New maps -  1840-1847 - Chapter 14

Section - E

Journal of Abel Janszoon Tasman 1642-1643

Page EBA1 Part 1 - Front matter and Tasman's Journal from 14 August to 25 November 1642

Page EBB1  Part 2 - Tasman's Journal from 26 November  1642  to 31 January 1643

Page EBC1 - Part 3 - Tasman's Journal from 1 February to 7 April 1643

Page EBD1 - Part 4 - Tasman's Journal from 8 April  to  15 June 1643 - return to Batavia

Page EBE1  Illustrations associated with the discussion of the journal

 

Page EBF1 Book review:  The Merchant of the "Zeehaen"  freshly assessed

Section - F

Polynesian and Māori

Page FAA5  Migrants without descendants

Page FWW1 Examples of early French images of Māori

Page FBL1 A series of Māori portraits circa 1842 - Coates et al.

Page FAC2 A sharp rebuttal to "Origin of the first New Zealanders" 

 

Page FAD2  Re-invented traditions - a brief note

 

Page FAH1  Tiki,, greenstone data and Māori art 

Page FAO3  Portages of early Auckland

Page FAF1  Did the Māori ancestors deliberately navigate?

Page FBP1 The Māori legend of Karikari

Page FBT1 Images of early Māori by New Zealand artists

Page FXW1 To follow  "Finding Polynesia" (i.e. European explorers)

 

     Section - G

Pacific

Page GXC1  The first traverse of the Pacific -  by Ferdinand Magellan

 

Page GAS1  Jacob Le Maire discovers a new passage to the Pacific in 1616*

Page GWC1  Identifying “Davis’s Land” in maps*

Page GAL1  Down with Bligh - "Hurrah for Tahiti!"*

Page GAB2  Early Portuguese discoveries in the South-west Pacific ?

Page GAP2  European discovery of the Tonga Islands*

Page GAV2  European discovery of the Cook Islands*

Page GAC1 Early Pacific personalities and ships

 

Page GWU1  A selection of Pacific  maps previous to 1700 of interest to Pacific historians

- see Page LXL1 below

Section - H

   Discoveries in New Zealand waters

Page HAA4  Early independent and foreign surveyors in New Zealand waters

 

Page HAW1  Did J. R. Kent prepare the Port Nicholson plan in 1826 previously credited to Herd?

Page HAW2  A  new look at the European. discovery and  naming of Port Nicholson.* 

 

Page HBJ1  The journal of Thomas Shepherd  - plus to follow Herd's report on the 1826 voyage

Page HXB1  The Waitemata Harbour unveiled 1820*

Page HWB1 James Cook's secret search in New Zealand waters in 1769*

Page HZF1  An early French encounter with Northland -Spirits Bay in 1772*

Page HBi1  Early New Zealand coastal views by J. R. Kent*

Page HAS2  Identifying James Cook's discoveries in Hauraki Gulf in 1769*

Page HAO1 Identifying Tasman's discoveries in Three Kings Islands

Page HAT1  Thomas  Anderson - little known European discoverer of Waitemata  Harbour

Section - i

Australia

Page iXM1  Hessel Gerritsz - father of the mapping of Australia

Page iAQ1 Did Claudius Ptolemy know about Australia? - (English)

Page iZB1  Ptolémée-connaissait-il l'Australie?*  (Original published French version)

Page iWD1  Finding Australia’s East Coast*

Page iAE1  A brief note on the Tasman-Bonaparte map

Section - J

 Navigation and charts in general

Page JZP1  The development of navigation

Page JAB1  A Multitude of prime meridians

Page JXT1  Faulty coastline long. placement early hybrid maps - (to follow)

 

Page JXU1  Charting of Strait of Magellan by Jan Ourgnersz 1599-1600 - to follow

Section - K

New Zealand maps not directly related to early explorers

Page KZD1 The French contribution to the early charting of New Zealand - Part A*

Page KZE1 The French contribution to the early charting of New Zealand  Part B*

Page KAP1 The Problem of North Cape in maps*

Page KXK1 Official general charts of New Zealand 1772-1885*

 

Page KAZ1 Issues of the McDonnell-Wyld 1834 chart of New Zealand

Page KBO1 Two sets of Tasman longitudes in early maps

Page KAN1 A Plan of  Auckland  circa 1850*

Page KAX2 Felton  Mathew’s  foundation plan of Auckland, 1840* 

Page KAU1 An early Waitangi plan - The town of Victoria*

Page KXK2   A preliminary list of survey-charts by Thomas Wing (also see Page KAX1))

Page KXK3  The Origin of "Taranaki Bay" in New Zealand  maps*

Page KAO2 Raphael Clint’s map of Auckland, published in 1839*

Page KAX1 Thomas Wing's northern charts*  (see Page KXK2 also.)

Section - L

 World maps, globes and related subjects

Page LZG1  La carte du monde de W. J..Blaeu de 1604*  (French version as published)

 

Page LAi1 English version - The world chart by W. J. Blaeu of  1604 (unpublished)

Page LAR3  New light on the mapping and naming of New Zealand

Page LAT2  Hondius' great world wall-map of 1598*

 

Page LXX1  Blaeu's 1619 world map - translated from Dutch to English

 

Page LXL1  A selection of world and Pacific maps pre. 1700 of interest to Pacific historians

 

Section - M

Time line, Bibliographies, biographies and similar

Page MAA2 Timeline - New Zealand chronology to 1840

 

Page MWV1 A brief biographical note, portraits and links for James Cook

Page MAK3  List of published papers and monographs by Brian Hooker

 

Page MAK1 Bibliography relating to all pages on this web site

Page MAD1 A biographical note on Alexander  Dalrymple

Page MAK2  Bibliography of the published works of Andrew Sharp* also a

previously unpublished article by Andrew Sharp

Section - N

 Pages unrelated to the above categories - all New Zealand

 

Page NAU2 An early Auckland transport plan rediscovered*

Page NWA1  Earliest cartographic  representation and  name for New  Zealand  in a printed map

Page NZH1  The De Surville plaque and anchor Northland*

Page NAA6  The naming of New Zealand

 

Page NAE4   Early cartography in New Zealand - a guide

Page NBQ1  Auckland Isthmus - volcanic fields - images

 

Page NXS1  Early reviews of New Zealand maps

 

Section - O

 First group of various files

Page OZL1  General acknowledgements

Page OBS1 Early images of New Zealand birds and other wildlife

Page OAM2  My most recent portrait

Page OAM1 My suggestion for a new projection for a world map

Page OAD3  The mythical southern continent

Page OZL2  False claims in New Zealand  history

Section - P

Second group of various files

Page PWE1  Guide to mounting and framing maps

Page PWN1  Guide for collectors

Page PYR3  Letters to newspapers and journals published*

Page PYR4  Map cartoons

Page PXY1 For map researchers - list of repositories of early New Zealand
maps and other maps and pictures  of interest in a study of early New Zealand

Page PYR6    Early New Zealand  maps previously unknown

Page PXi1 Hogan prints of Auckland 1852 - details only

Section - Q

Images of parts of New Zealand 1840 and previous to 1840

Page QBG1  Images of early South Island New Zealand pre-1840 (to follow)

Page QYS2  Images of early New Zealand 1800-1840-Part 2  (to follow)

Page QYX1 Images of early Auckland previous to 1840 (to follow)

Page QYY1 Images of early Wellington previous to 1840 (to follow)

Page QYW1 Images of early Bay of Islands previous to 1840 (under construction)

Page QYZ1  Images of early Hokianga previous to 1840

Page QXA1  Early sailing vessels in New Zealand waters

Page QWO1 .A selection of early Pacific whaling views

 

Section - R

Additional maps - circa 1840 and previous to 1840

Page RXZ1 A selection of early New Zealand maps with remarks

Page RWJ1 NZ in early Pacific navigators charts (details)

Section - S

 Early official chart catalogues

Page SZi1 British Admiralty Chart catalogues - New Zealand  Section from 1839

Page SZJ1 Early Official French chart catalogues - from 1837 - New Zealand sections

Section - T

Tips

Page TAE2  Tips for map collectors

Section - U

 

Lists of early maps

Page UZC1 Early French manuscript charts (additional)

Section - V

Notes about copyright and disclaimer

Page VXJ1 Re.  Copyright

Page VXJ3  Disclaimer

Section - W

Different versions of explorers' images

Page WXP1 Tasman's view of Golden Bay 1642 - different versions

 

Page WAJ1 Le Maire's view of a Polynesian sailing vessel -1616 - different versions

 

Section - X

James Cook and his Pacific voyages

Page XWV1 A brief biographical note, portraits,  links for James Cook and Cook the artist

Page XWD1  Finding Australia’s East Coast* Cook in 1770.

Page XAS2  Identifying James Cook's discoveries in Hauraki Gulf in 1769*

Page XWB1 James Cook's secret search in New Zealand waters in 1769*

Page XBH1 The Endeavour

Section - Y

 Artworks by a selection of New Zealand artists

Page YBT1  Charles Heaphy (A selection)

Page FBT2   J. A. Gilfillan (A selection)

Section Z - Important links of interest to map researchers (To follow)

*The date of the founding of New Zealand was February 6, 1840 when the Treaty of Waitangi was signed between the British Crown and Māori  who for generations had been living in New Zealand. Although I have indicated that my pages relate to events before  the founding date I have not too strictly adhered to the date of February 6 1840.  Some of my pages discuss material and show images of a slighter later date. B.H.

 

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