Thursday, 16 May 2013

New Zealand Mapping

I haven't found much about Maori maps and it seems that most mapping was oral and the a few examples that have been drawn, where then copied by someone else. More information about early New Zealand mapping can be found here.



Map of New Zealand. Barnes, L A W, fl 1875 : Log book of a Pacific tour aboard HMS Minotaur, HMS Pearl and HMS Sappho. Ref: MSY-6144-153a. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand.http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22881887.

Maori place names map, limited number of names on this map

Image from NZ History Online
Maori place names of Banks Peninsula

Image from Christchurch City Libraries
Reproduction of a reproduction of a chalk map, I think that's right?

Image from Otago University


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