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Gore, Ross Digby, 1904-1981 :Which solves the mystery of Young Nick's Head [ca 1957]
Date: 1869 - 1956 - 1779 - 1958
From: Gore, Ross Digby, 1904-1981 :It happened in New Zealand. [208 original drawings. Late 1940s and early 1950s].
Reference: B-140-018
Description: Six-panelled account giving further information about Nicholas Young, his life and premature death in Hawaii and his association with Captain Cook. These illustrations were reproduced in New Zealand newspapers during the late 1940s and 1950s. The newspapers included The Evening Post, Auckland Star, Christchurch Star Sun, Taranaki Herald, Southern Cross, Students' Digest, Greymouth Evening Star, Evening Star (Sports) Dunedin, and the Southland Daily News. In 1953, 48 of them were collected and published as a booklet called 'It happened in New Zealand' by Ross Gore. Information supplied by a great-niece of Nicholas Young to the cartoonist and supplementing his lack of knowledge displayed in a previous cartoon (B-140-017) Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, 330 x 565 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mrs Jenny Gibbs, of Auckland, in 1995.
New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Cenrtennial Publications Branch :New Zealand...
Date: 1938 - 1642 - 1769 - 1952 - 1643 - 1770
From: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas
Reference: MapColl-CHA-1/1/4-Acc.35912
Description: Shows Tasman's routes of 1642-1643, Cook's route of 1769-1770 and highlights of later discoveries. Extended Title - Illustrating Tasman's Traverse of 1642-1643; Cook's circumnavigation of 1769-1770, and highlights of local discovery thereafter. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Coloured drawing on greaseproof paper. Scale. [ca 1: 2 300 000]. 82 x 56 cm. Finding Aids: Inventory available.