Places

Date: 1769 - 1833 - 1900 - 1784

By: Owens Group (Firm); Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771; Barnes, Frank, 1859-1941; Underwood, Frank, active 1899-1915; Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-; Saint-Aulaire, Felix Achille, 1801-; Crawshaw, Lionel Townsend, 1864-1949

Reference: A-244-142/147-a

Description: Contents: A war canoe of New Zealand, 1773 [sic] / Sydney Parkinson. - S.S. Hinemoa (ca. 1900) / Frank Barnes. - The Constance Craig, Auckland (ca 1900) / Frank Underwood. - The Astrolabe striking a reef in the Bay of Plenty [i.e. La corvette l'Astrolabe tombant tout a coup sur des recifs dans la Baie de l'Abondance], 1833 / Louis A de. Sainson; engraved by F.A. de B. Saint Aulaire. - The Astrolabe in French Pass [ i.e. L'Astrolabe dans la passe des Francais...], 1833 / Louis de Sainson; engraved by F.A. de B. Saint Aulaire. - The Endeavour leaving Whitby for the Thames, 1768 (ca 1930) / Lionel Townsend Crawshaw. Accompanied by looseleaf descriptive commentary; filed with A 244-142/142-a. Set of looseleaf offprints also published as Owens Group calendar, 1981. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title]; Recto - bottom left - Reproduced by Courtesy of The Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand.; Recto - bottom right - [Artist's name] Quantity: 12 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: 12 colour photolithographs (2 sets of 6), 203 x 280 mm, on sheets 244 x 313 mm. Provenance: Deposited under copyright.

Date: 1769

By: Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771; Klauber, Ignaz Sebastian, 1753-1817; Honkoop (Firm)

Reference: A-111-019-a

Description: Shows long Maori war canoe with carved stern and prow, being rowed by about 30 men, with several men standing. Two further canoes with sails in the left background. Gable end Foreland, (near Gisborne) is the headland in the centre background. Library holds Cook's Reizen rondom de waerld at fR910.4/COOK/REIZ Other Titles - War canoe of New Zealand. Voyages around the world. Extended Title - From: Cook, James. Reizen rondom de waerld. Leyden: Honkoop, 1803, plate 17. Based on a drawing by Sydney Parkinson, artist on Cook's first voyage. The Endeavour visited this area in October 1869. The original drawing on which this engraving is based is in the British Library. This engraving is a Dutch re-engraving after the engraving in Hawkesworth's Voyages, published 1773, vol. 3, pl. 16. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, black and white on paper 196 x 334 mm

Date: 1769

By: Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771; Klauber, Ignaz Sebastian, 1753-1817; Honkoop (Firm)

Reference: A-111-019

Description: Shows a long Maori war canoe with carved stern and prow, being rowed by about 30 men, with several men standing. Two further canoes with sails in the left background. Gable end Foreland, (near Gisborne) is the headland in the centre background. Library holds Cook's Reizen rondom de waerld at fR910.4/COOK/REIZ Other Titles - War canoe of New Zealand. Voyages around the world. Extended Title - From: Cook, James. Reizen rondom de waerld. Leyden: Honkoop, 1803, plate 17. Based on a drawing by Sydney Parkinson, artist on Cook's first voyage. The Endeavour visited this area in October 1869. The original drawing on which this engraving is based is in the British Library. This engraving is a Dutch re-engraving after the engraving in Hawkesworth's Voyages, published 1773, vol. 3, pl. 16. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, black and white on paper 196 x 334 mm

Date: 1769 - 1773

By: Sporing, Herman Diedrich, 1733-1771; Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771; Strahan & Company

Reference: B-085-010

Description: Engraving from the official account of Cook's first voyage, based on a drawing of Te Puta o te Paretauhinau Pa at Mercury Bay, Coromandel Peninsula (not Tolaga Bay as claimed in the title). The drawing of the pa is by Herman Diedrich Sporing, Sir Joseph Banks' clerk; the canoe is copied from a drawing by Sydney Parkinson, the official artist aboard the Endeavour. The scene shows a boat from the Endeavour being rowed in the left foreground; a small canoe with five Maori engaged in fishing in the right foreground; an arched rock in the water behind the boats with a pa on top of it; two canoes pulled up on the bank to the right behind the arched rock and dense bush in the background. Exhibitied in 'Drawn From Nature: Europeans Record New Zealand, 1770-1860' exhibition at the National Library Gallery, 31 March to 28 May 1989. Other Titles - Mercury Bay Extended Title - From: Hawkesworth, J. An account of the voyages for making discoveries ... Vol. 2 Plate 18. The pa shown was seen in November 1769. See Joppien & Smith. The art of Captain Cook's voyages, vol 1, cat. no. 1.121 for the original drawing of the pa, and 1.132 for the original drawing of the Maori canoe. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving 238 x 270 mm

Date: 1769 - 1773

By: Sporing, Herman Diedrich, 1733-1771; Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771; Wilson, Irene, active 1923-1974

Reference: A-111-012

Description: Engraving from Cook's first voyage, based on a drawing of Te Puta o te Paretauhinau Pa at Mercury Bay, Coromandel Peninsula (not Tolaga Bay as claimed in the title). The drawing of the pa is by Herman Diedrich Sporing, Sir Joseph Banks' clerk; the canoe is copied from a drawing by Sydney Parkinson, the official artist aboard the Endeavour. The scene shows a small canoe with five Maori engaged in fishing in the right foreground; an arched rock in the water behind the boats with a pa on top of it; two canoes pulled up on the bank to the right behind the arched rock and dense bush in the background. In the distance on the left is a canoe with a lateen sail. Derived from the engraving in John Hawkesworth, Voyages, Vol. 2, pl. 18 (London, 1773). The pa shown was seen in November 1769. See Joppien & Smith. The art of Captain Cook's voyages, vol 1, cat. no. 1.121 for the original drawing of the pa, and 1.132 for the original drawing of the Maori canoe. Other Titles - Mercury Bay, Pa Extended Title - From: Pinkerton, John. A general collection of voyages and travels in all parts of the world... Vol. 11, p. 529. London, Longman Hurst Rees, Orme & Browne, 1812. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving 132 x 198 mm (image) on sheet 204 x 267 mm

Date: 1800 - 1769 - 1810

By: Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771; Benard, active 1800s

Reference: B-098-013

Description: A long war canoe, with standing and seated men. In the background is Gable End Foreland. Plate 76 from Volume 20 of an unidentified French publication Other Titles - War canoe of New Zealand Extended Title - Derived from engraving by R. B. Godfrey after Sydney Parkinson on Cook's 1st voyage, published in Parkinson, S. Journal of a voyage... London, 1773, Plate 18. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, hand-coloured 174 x 361 mm on sheet 200 x 400 mm

Date: 1769 - 1810 - 1830

By: Sporing, Herman Diedrich, 1733-1771; Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771; Castellini, G, active 1780-1800; Hill, Julian, active 1996-2009

Reference: A-054-011

Description: Aquatint based on a drawing of Te Puta o te Paretauhinau Pa at Mercury Bay, Coromandel Peninsula. The drawing of the pa is by Herman Diedrich Sporing, Sir Joseph Banks' clerk; the canoe is copied from a drawing by Sydney Parkinson, the official artist aboard the Endeavour. The scene shows a long war canoe in the left foreground; an arched rock in the water behind the boat with a pa on top of it; two canoes pulled up on the bank to the right behind the arched rock and dense bush in the background. From an unknown Italian publication. One of the engravers of this publication was Biasioli (1790-1830). The pa shown was seen in November 1769. See Joppien & Smith. The art of Captain Cook's voyages, vol 1, cat. no. 1.121 for the original drawing of the pa, and 1.142 for the original drawing of the Maori canoe. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - G Castellini inc Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Handcoloured aquatint, plate 190 x 230 mm on loose page, 240 x 340 mm. Provenance: Purchased by the vendor from a dealer in Washington DC.

Date: 1769 - 1773

By: Sporing, Herman Diedrich, 1733-1771; Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771; Strahan & Company

Reference: B-098-012

Description: Engraving from the official account of Cook's first voyage, based on a drawing of Te Puta o te Paretauhinau Pa at Mercury Bay, Coromandel Peninsula (not Tolaga Bay as claimed in the title). The drawing of the pa is by Herman Diedrich Sporing, Sir Joseph Banks' clerk; the canoe is copied from a drawing by Sydney Parkinson, the official artist aboard the Endeavour. The scene shows a boat from the Endeavour being rowed in the left foreground; a small canoe with five Maori engaged in fishing in the right foreground; an arched rock in the water behind the boats with a pa on top of it; two canoes pulled up on the bank to the right behind the arched rock and dense bush in the background. The pa shown was seen in November 1769. See Joppien & Smith. The art of Captain Cook's voyages, vol 1, cat. no. 1.121 for the original drawing of the pa, and 1.132 for the original drawing of the Maori canoe. Other Titles - Mercury Bay Extended Title - From: Hawkesworth, J. An account of the voyages for making discoveries ... Vol. 2 Plate 18. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, hand-coloured 238 x 270 mm

Date: 1769 - 1784

From: Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771 :A journal of a voyage to the South Seas, in his Majesty's ship, 'The Endeavour'. Faithfully transcribed from the papers of the late Sydney Parkinson. London; Printed for Charles Dilly, in the Poultry, and James Phillips, in the George-Yard, 1784.

By: Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771; Newton, J, active 1784; Sporing, Herman Diedrich, 1733-1771

Reference: PUBL-0037-24

Description: The arched rock at Mercury Bay, with a small canoe with a sail beneath it and the Endeavour at anchor to the right beyond the rock. The palisades and some buildings of the pa (Te Puta o te Paretauhinu) on top of the rock, with a figure to the right waving a cloth. Canoes pulled up on the lower reaches of the rock. The rock has subsequently collapsed. Parkinson was the artist on Captain Cook's voyage to New Zealand in 1769. Other Titles - Pa Based on a wash drawing now in the British Library by Herman Diedrich Sporing, presumably copied by Parkinson. John Hawkesworth's version (in his Voyages..., London, 1773) of this view reverses the rock, adds a kangaroo and a war canoe. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, hand-coloured, 225 x 270 mm

Date: 1769

By: Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771; Klauber, Ignaz Sebastian, 1753-1817; Honkoop (Firm); Muldoon, Thea Dale (Dame), 1927-2015

Reference: A-293-001

Description: Shows long Maori war canoe with carved stern and prow, being rowed by about 30 men, with several men standing. Two further canoes with sails in the left background. Gable end Foreland, (near Gisborne) is the headland in the centre background. Based on a drawing by Sydney Parkinson, artist on Cook's first voyage. The Endeavour visited this area in October 1869. The original drawing on which this engraving is based is in the British Library. This engraving is a Dutch re-engraving after the engraving in Hawkesworth's Voyages, published 1773, vol. 3, pl. 16. Other Titles - War canoe of New Zealand. Voyages around the world. Extended Title - From: Cook, James. Reizen rondom de waerld. Leyden: Honkoop, 1803, plate 17. Library holds Cook's Reizen rondom de waerld at fR910.4/COOK/REIZ Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, black and white on paper trimmed to plate-marks 196 x 334 mm on sheet 228 x 354 mm Provenance: Probable donation to Prime Minister, Sir Robert Muldoon by a Dutch V.I.P.

Date: 1839 - 1769

From: Dumont d'Urville, Jean Sebastien Cesar, 1790-1842 :Voyage pittoresque autour du monde et resume generale des descouvertes. Paris, Furne et Cie, 1839.

By: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-; Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771

Reference: PUBL-0034-2-366

Description: A large war canoe, with many men rowing, several standing. A European vessel is in the background to the left, behind the canoe and a headland is also visible. Derived from Sydney Parkinson's engraving, from Cook's first voyage to New Zealand in 1769, of 'War canoe of New Zealand, with a view of Gable End Foreland' from An Account of the voyages ... for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere ... By John Hawkesworth. (London, 1773), vol 3, Pl. 16, opp. p. 463. Parkinson's engraving lacks the European vessel. Other Titles - War canoe of New Zealand Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 117 x 200 mm