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Sporing, Herman Diedrich, ca 1730-1771 :A fortified town or village called a hippah, built on a perforated rock, at Tolaga in New Zealand. Morris sculp. London. Alexr. Hogg [1784?]
- Date
- 1769 - 1784
- By
- Morris, Thomas, active 1750-1811; Sporing, Herman Diedrich, 1733-1771
- Reference
- B-098-025
- Description
Shows Europeans at left and Maori at right, paddling two canoes in the foreground, with the arched rock behind. Some canoes are drawn up on the steep back at the right beyond the rock.
Derived from the first published illustration in Hawkesworth's voyages, 1773, v. 2, pl 18, which in turn is from a pencil drawing by Herman Diedrich Sporing ('A perforated rock fortified on the top'. Endorsed in Sporing's hand, `Sporing's Grotto. Opuragi-bay. New Zealand)
The view is actually of Te Puta o Paretauhinu at Mercury Bay not Tolaga Bay. `Opoorage' was Cook's rendering of Purangi ie Mercury Bay.
See also footnote in Beaglehole's Cook, v. 1, p 200. Confusion has arisen in early titling of engravings on account of the Sporing and Parkinson views of the Tolaga Bay archway (see plates in Bernard Smith and Beaglehole).
Same as A-111-011-a
Extended Title - From Anderson, G W ed. A new, authentic and complete collection of voyages...London: A Hogg [1784] op. p45. In Hawkesworth's voyages, 1773, v. 2 pl. 18
Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).
Physical Description: Engraving, 203 x 330 mm
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- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 b&w art print(s), Works of art, Engravings, Ethnographic illustrations, Engraving, 203 x 330 mm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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Morris, Thomas, active 1750-1811. Sporing, Herman Diedrich, ca 1730-1771 :A fortified town or village called a hippah, built on a perforated rock, at Tolaga in New Zealand. Morris sculp. London. Alexr. Hogg [1784?]. Ref: B-098-025. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22831926More information can be found in our terms of use.