(Continued from Chapter 10.)

the English publisher, Smith, Elder & Co., 65 Cornhill, London, was associated with a number of New Zealand Company books and maps around 1840. Some of the maps listed in this chapter are found in books published by Smith, Elder & Company for the New Zealand Company; others were published as single-sheet maps.

Smith, Elder & Co., New Zealand with an inset map of the world, 1841

Map Smi 1.1 [New Zealand Company insignia]  “Map  Of The Colony Of New Zealand, From Official Documents.” [with an untitled map of the world]  “ ... London, Published By Smith, Elder & Co. Cornhill.”  (420 x 350 mm.) Published in, Henry Williams Petre, An Account of the Settlements of the New Zealand Company (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1841).

This map was reprinted with additions and amendments in 1842 or 1843. (Map Smi 1.2)

Smith, Elder & Co., Auckland and district, 1852

Map Smi 2  “Map of Auckland District. 1852.”  Published in [Wm Swainson], Auckland, the Capital of New Zealand (London: Smith Elder & Co., in association with J. Williamson. Auckland, 1853).

F. Carrington (1842), Smith,  Elder & Co., New Plymouth, 1843

Map Smi 3 [New Zealand Company insignia] “Plan Of The Town & Settlement of New Plymouth, New Zealand. As Surveyed up to the End of the Year 1842. By F.A. Carrington:  ...  1843". Published by Smith, Elder & Co. Cornhill.” (510 x 930 mm.)

F. Carrington (1842), New Plymouth, 1842

Map Smi 4.  Plan / Of / New Plymouth /  In / New Zealand / By / Fred. A. Carrington / 1842 // Designed and Drawn by Fred A Carrington / Chief Surveyor / Plymouth Company of New Zealand  / 1st March 1842.” (500 x 715 mm.

F. Carrington, part of New Plymouth, c. 1844

Map Smi 5  “Plan Of The Town And Part Of The Settlement of New Plymouth New Zealand Selected Surveyed and Delineated By Fred. A. Carrington: Late Chief Surveyor Of  The Settlement.” [with an inset map:]  “The Islands of New Zealand.” (520 x 775 mm.)

W. Carrington (1848), Smith, Elder & Co., plan of New Plymouth, 1849

Map Smi 6  “Plan of the Settlement Of New Plymouth. 1848.”  “ ...  1849.” (370 x 590 mm.)

S.C. Brees, Smith Elder & Co., parts of Manawatu and Horowhenua, 1843

Map Smi 7  [New Zealand Company insignia] “Plan Of The Country Sections In The Districts Of Manawatu And Horowenua. January   4th. 1843.  ... Published By Smith, Elder & Co.  65 Cornhill.” (755 x 572 mm.) 

Brees’ name is not included but almost certainly this printed work was modelled on a survey-plan or plans prepared by S. C. Brees.

C. Heaphy et al., Smith, Elder & Co., Cook Strait, 1842

Map Smi 8.1  [New Zealand Company insignia] “Cook’s Strait, New Zealand: Compiled from the Charts of Captain Cook and the more recent English and French navigators; with additional Surveys and Soundings by Charles Heaphy, Esqre. Draftsman to the first and second Expeditions under the New Zealand Company.” [with 7 inset plans:]   [i] “Port Hardy.” [ii] “Current Basin.” [iii]  “Port Underwood,” [iv] “Torrent Bay And Astrolabe Road.” [v] “Port Nicholson.” [vi] “Tory Channel.” [vii] “Nelson Haven.” (fig. 11.1)  “London: Published by Smith, Elder & Co. 65 Cornhill, 1842.”  (750 x 565 mm.)

A reprint was issued in 1843. (Map Smi 8.2)

W.M. Smith, Wellington, 1840

Map Smi 9  [New Zealand Company insignia]  “Plan Of The Town Of Wellington Port Nicholson the First and Principal Settlement of the New Zealand Company 14th. August 1840 Wm Smith Captain Royal Artillery Surveyor General.” (510 x 720 mm.) 

S.C. Brees (1843), Smith, Elder & Co., sections near Port Nicholson, 1843

Map Smi 10 [New Zealand Company insignia] “Sketch of the Country Districts in The Vicinity of Port Nicholson New Zealand January 4th. 1843.  London. Published By  Smith, Elder & Co. Cornhill: October 2 , 1843  ...” (c. 720 x c. 580 mm.)

W.M. Smith, Smith, Elder & Co., Port Nicholson and vicinity, c. 1842

Map Smi 11  “New Zealand [New Zealand Company insignia] Plan Of The Harbour Of Port Nicholson Shewing The Relative Positions Of The Town & Country Sections. W.M. Smith Captain Royal Artillery Surveyor General Published For The New Zealand Company, By Smith, Elder, And Co. 65 Cornhill, London.  ...” [c. 1842] (740 x 480 mm.)

Charles Heaphy, Tasman Bay, 1841

Map Smi 12  “Chart of Tasman’s Gulf with the Adjacent Coast & Harbours. Cook’s Strait, New Zealand. By Chas. Heaphy. 1841.  ...”  [with an untitled coastal profile - Cook Strait to Croixilles Harbour] (370 x 490 mm.)

F. Tuckett (1842), Smith, Elder & Co., Nelson, 1842

Map Smi 13  “Plan Of  The Town Of Nelson Approved by Frederick Tuckett,

The first number of The New Zealand Journal was published on 8 February 1840 by Henry Hobbs Chambers, at the office of the “New Zealand Journal,” 366, Strand, London. The next entry provides details of the map included in the initial issue:

The New Zealand Journal, New Zealand, 1840

Map Cha 1  “Map Of New Zealand” (224 x 168 mm.) Published in, The New Zealand Journal p. 1. No. 1 (8 February 1840).

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