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[Creator unknown] :Sketch of Kawiti's Pa, Ruapekapeka [copy of ms map]. Compiled from s...
Date: 1846
By: Marlow, William Biddlecomb, active 1840s; Leeds, (Lieutenant), active 1840s; Du Moulin, Jean Peter, 1816-1901; Page, E M (Mrs), active 1939
Reference: MapColl-832.11hkcmf/1846/Acc.5103
Description: Interior view of Kawiti's Pa at Ruapekapeka includes his house and pallisade, and several unnamed houses. Two wells are labelled, while the ditches, embankments and gateways are not. A reference key identifies the areas destroyed by artillery as well as the positions of the flagstaff. Four diagrams surround the plan: elevation of palisades; bomb proof hole; section of a hut and an underground passage and cave. A larger diagram shows a cross-section view of the pa showing the position of the breach and underground bomb proof chambers. Compare to lithograph held in Drawings and Prints E-320-f-003 and MapColl-832.11hkm/1846/Acc.29011. Map has manuscript annotations. On the rear of the map is handwritten "Captured under Sir George Grey Govenor, January 11th 1846, 12 English killed and 30 wounded. An amnesty granted and peace prevailed, the pa burned ... 8 days after'. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, linen backed, [scale ca. 1:1 720], 25 x 27.5 cm. Provenance: Donated by Mrs E.M. Page of Combe Down, Bath, 1939.