Source 2b

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.

  1. List what you can see in both maps.
  2. The maps show the two islands of New Zealand. Can you spot any differences/similarities between them?
  3. What different attitudes/viewpoints do the creators of the maps reflect?
  4. 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?
  5. Do the different maps make you feel or think about different things about New Zealand?