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Artist unknown :Mercury Bay, New Zealand. - [ca 1840]
By: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-; Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967
Reference: A-256-028
Description: Two view on one sheet: the upper view shows a sailing ship, probably the Endeavour, with canoes; the lower view shows Maori launching a canoe from a beach, with palm trees (or tall tree ferns) to the right Cook was the first European to visit (and give a European name to) Mercury Bay Another copy of the same image is in Felton Mathew's scrapbook, E-389-f-001 The image of Mercury Bay is derived in part from Sainson's lithograph 'Village a l'anse de l'Astrolabe' published 1833 and showing a scene in Astrolabe Bay (Golden Bay, South Island) not Mercury Bay, during a French visit in 1827. The palm trees suggest that the engraver was unfamiliar with New Zealand geography and flora Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, tinted, 147 x 97 mm