Chart of New Zealand drawn by Cook during his first voyage, around 1770.
CO 700/NEWZEALAND1: New Zealand by Lt James Cook, Commander of the Endeavour c1770, Catalogue Ref: CO 700/NEWZEALAND1
A CHART
OF
NEW ZELAND
OR THE ISLANDS OF
AEHEINOMOUWE AND TOVYPOENAMMU
LYING IN THE
SOUTH SEA
BY LIEUT J. COOK COMMANDER OF HIS MAJESTYS BARK THE ENDEAVOUR
CIRCUMNAVIGATED
BY THE SAID BARK IN THE LATTER END OF 1769 AND BEGINNING OF 1770.
Note: The prick’d line shows the track of the ship.
Across the South Island:
TOVYPOENAMMU
Across the North Island:
AEHEINOMOUWE
Place names on South Island, clockwise from top:
Blind Bay
Cape Stephens
Stephens Isle
Admiralty Isles
Admiralty Bay
Point Jackson
Queen Charlottes Sound
Cape Koamaroo
Cloudy Bay
Cape Campbell
Gores Bay
Banks Island
Cape Saunders
E. Bay
Bench Island
South Cape
W. Bay
Solanders Island
Cape West
Duskey Bay
Five Fingers Point
Doubtful Harbour
Mistaken Bay
Cascades Point
Open Bay
Cape Foulwind
Rocks Point
Cape Fafewell
In between the islands:
COOKS STRAIGHTS
Place names on North Island, clockwise from top:
North Cape
Sandy Bay
Knuckle Point
Doubtless Bay
Point Pococke
Bay of Islands
Cape Brett
Bushey Point
Bream Head
Bream Bay
Hen and Chickens
Barrier Isles
Point Rodney
River Thame
Cape Colvell
Mercury Point
Mercury Bay
Court of Alderman
The Mayor
Bay of Plenty
Flat Island
Town Point
Many Fortified Towns
White Island
Low Land Point
Low Land Bay
Mount Edgcumbe
High Land Point
Much Cultivated Land
Cape Runaway
Hickes’s Bay
East Cape
Tegadoo
Tolaga
Gable-End Foreland
Poverty Bay
Young Nicks Head
Table Cape
Isle of Portland
Hawkes Bay
Cape Kidnapped
Bare Island
Black Head
Cape Turnagain
Castle Point
Flat Point
Cape Pallisser
Cape Teerawhite
Entry Island
Cape Egmont
Mount Egmont
Sugar-loaf Point
Sugar-loaf Isles
Albetrots Point
Gannet Isle
Woody Head
False Bay
The Desart Coast
Mount Camel
Cape Maria Van Diem
Three Kings
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Source 1a and b.
- List what you can see in both maps.
- The maps show the two islands of New Zealand. Can you spot any differences/similarities between them?
- What different attitudes/viewpoints do the creators of the maps reflect?
- Why do you think Cook focuses more on the geographic details of New Zealand, and Tuki reveals more about memories, stories, sacred places, and useful resources?
- Do the different maps make you feel or think about different things about New Zealand?