Places

Date: 1827

By: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-

Reference: Micro-Art-023

Description: Shows coastal profiles, view of missionary settlement, Paihia; pa of Kahuwera and other Bay of Islands scenes Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) Microfilm reel (26 fr.) ; positive and negative.

Date: 1833 - 1840

By: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-; Danvin, Victor Marie Felix, 1802-1842; Laderer, active 1830s

Reference: A-327-003

Description: Shows head and shoulders portraits of two women, one man and an infant. These are selected from Plate 70 in Dumont DUrville's "Voyage de la Corvette l'Astrolabe ... (Paris, 1833), portraits 3,5 and 6, and therefore show Ekara, young girl of the Bay of Islands, and Tawiti and his wife. Tawiti's wife holds a baby wrapped in her cloak by her shoulder. Plate 176 from an unknown publication in German or Dutch, derived at least partly from Dumont D'Urville's "Voyage de la Corvette l'Astrolabe". Other Titles - New Zealand. Portraits of inhabitants Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, hand-coloured, 100 x 154 mm.

Date: 1967

By: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-; Avon Fine Prints; Pictorial Publications Ltd; Maurin, Antoine, 1793-1860

Reference: B-076-002-b

Description: Profile portrait of a Maori chief At head of sheet: Voyage de l'Astrolabe. Printed by Pictorial Publications Ltd No. 28 of a limited edition of 1000 prints Same as B-076-002-a and 002 Extended Title - From a lithograph in: Dumont D'Urville, Voyage de la Corvette L'Astrolabe. Paris: J Tastu, 1833. Atlas vol. p. 63 Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 545 x 355 mm

Date: 1827 - 1833

By: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-; Saint-Aulaire, Felix Achille, 1801-; Hill, Julian, active 1996-2009

Reference: B-112-009

Description: A view from the shore of Astrolabe Bay, Nelson Region, with three French sailors on shore, a walking stick, a trunk or barrel and a ?specimen case lying on the sand, two Maori canoes in the water, the Astrolabe moored out at sea, and Adele Island (named after Dumont d'Urville's wife) in the background. Other Titles - Astrolabe Bay New Zealand Extended Title - In: Dumont d'Urville, J. S. C. Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe ... Paris, J. Tastu, 1833. Atlas, Volume I, Plate 37. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - de Sainson pinx / J Tastu, editeur; Recto - bottom right - A St Aulaire, lith. / Lith A Bes; Recto - top right - Pl 37; Recto - beneath image - [Title] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 215 x 345 mm

Date: 1967

By: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-; Avon Fine Prints; Pictorial Publications Ltd; Maurin, Antoine, 1793-1860

Reference: B-076-002

Description: Profile portrait of a Maori chief At head of sheet: Voyage de l'Astrolabe. Printed by Pictorial Publications Ltd No. 28 of a limited edition of 1000 prints Same as B-076-002-a and 002-b Extended Title - From a lithograph in: Dumont D'Urville, Voyage de la Corvette L'Astrolabe. Paris: J Tastu, 1833. Atlas vol. p. 63 Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 545 x 355 mm

Date: 1833

By: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-; Vanderburch, H, active 1833; Adam, Jean Victor, 1801-1867

Reference: B-052-015

Description: Shows Maori whare beside stream, group of sailors and Maori. Published in: Dumont D'Urville, J.S.C. Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe. Atlas [historique]. Pl. 45. Other Titles - Uawa Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-col. 208 x 356 mm, on sheet 330 x 510 mm

Date: 1827 - 1991

From: Various artists: [New Zealand seen by the French; postcards]. Wellington, National Library of New Zealand, 1991.

By: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-

Reference: E-279-q-157-A

Description: Reproduction of a watercolour by Louis-Auguste de Sainson. A view from a hill to the south of Paihia, looking north along the beach line, with the houses and gardens of the Church Missionary Society station, home of the Rev. Henry Williams and his family. Two European men and a small boy are standing on the hill in the foreground beside a tree. The artist visited the site in March 1827. A pencil drawing by Sainson of this view, dated 12 March 1827, is in the Archives Nationales, Paris, (Marine JJ 102 A f 14); and the original watercolour is in the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris. There are also later engraved versions of the same view, one in Dumont d'Urville's 'Voyage pittoresque autour du monde', Paris, 1835, Vol 2, p. 356 and one in Domeny de Rienzi's 'Oceanie' Vol 2, Paris 1836, plate 174. Each of these later versions shows signficant changes in the detail. Other Titles - Etablissement des missionaires (Nouvelle Zelande) Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photolithograph, on card 105 x 150 mm

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: 1827 - 1847

From: [Various artists] :[Costume plates of Oceania] Torino [Turin] ; Fontana, 1844

By: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-; Mercier, active 1840s; Thomson, John Mansfield, 1926-1999

Reference: A-119-025-a/026-a

Description: Shows head and shoulders profiles of 2 Maori men, tattooed and with topknots. Wahlen's book is a translation of his "Moeurs, usages et coutumes de tous les peuples du monde..." Bruxelles, 1843-44. Vol. 4. This print is probably a first state. It differs from A-119-025/026 which does not have the signature by MERCIER and which shows damage or wear on the block in the shading above the upper figure's left shoulder Other Titles - Types of natives of New Zealand [translation] Extended Title - From: Wahlen, A. Usi e costumi sociali, politici, et religiosi... Vol. 2 Oceania. Torino, 1844-1847. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - MERCIER; Recto - beneath image - Tipi degli indigeni della Nuova Zelanda Sainson visited New Zealand in the Astrolabe in early 1827. Engraved after L. A. de Sainson's \"Nouvelle Zelande: chef de Houa-Houa...\" (image reversed), and \"Nouvelle Zelande. Naturel de Teraouiti\" (image reversed). See Dumont dUrville, J. S. C. \"Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe...Atlas\". Paris: J. Tastu, 1833. Plate 53. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, handcoloured, on sheet 265 x 165 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Mr J. M. Thomson, of Wellington, in 1991.

Date: 1938 - 1952

From: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas

Reference: MapColl-CHA-1/1/5-Acc.35913

Description: Routes marked with dates, Durville 1840 and Cook 1769-1777 Tracks as shown merely illustrative and not final at present Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s) in cardboard frame. Physical Description: Ink drawing on greaseproof paper. Scale indeterminable. 56 x 86 cm. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1827 - 1833 - 1986

By: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-; Lemercier, Alfred Léon, active 1830s-1840s; Fruit Distributors Ltd

Reference: B-123-025

Description: Shows the Astrolabe at near right by rocky headland, negotiating line of half-submerged rocks, with small rowboat in tow. The other side of the channel is in left and centre background. Accompanying text sheet. No. 680 of 700, being a reproduction (offprint) separately issued with Fruit Distributors' 1987 calendar, bearing the same illustration. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title]; Recto - bottom left - Reproduced by courtesy of the Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington.; Recto - bottom right - No 680 of an edition of 700. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photolithograph, 243 x 379 mm, on sheet 368 x 481 mm. Provenance: Deposited under legal deposit in 1986.

Date: 1833 - 1827

By: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-; Deroy, Isidore Laurent, 1797-1886

Reference: B-052-007-a

Description: An extensive view of Jacks Bay (Manawaora Bay, Bay of Islands) looking down from a hill to the south of the bay, along the foreshore and out towards the sea. A ship, probably the Astrolabe, is shown anchored out in the bay and a small schooner is shown at the water's edge. The artist visited the Bay of Islands in 1827, and signs of European habitation are slight. There is washing hanging on a clothes-line, a row of barrels, several Europeans moving around and several raupo dwellings. From: Dumont D'Urville. Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe, 1826-1829. Paris: 1833. Atlas 1. Pl.50 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured, 200 x 315 mm

Date: 1826 - 1836 - 1829

By: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-

Reference: A-433-013/024

Description: See individual records Quantity: 12 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings on pages, sizes varying around 280 x 183 mm.

Date: 1827

By: McIntosh, Alister Donald Miles (Sir), 1906-1978; Dumont d'Urville, Jules Sebastien Cesar, 1790-1842

Reference: MapColl-830at/1827/Acc.32073

Description: Map of North Island showing the coast-line and the track of the ship 'l'Astrolabe'. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Engraving, b & w Processing information: Reference number changed from MapColl-832aj/1827/Acc.32073 to MapColl-830at/1827/Acc.32073 in June 2019 in order to better reflect the contents of the map.

Date: 1827 - 1991

From: Various artists: [New Zealand seen by the French; postcards]. Wellington, National Library of New Zealand, 1991.

By: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-

Reference: E-279-q-157

Description: Reproduction of a watercolour by Louis-Auguste de Sainson. A view from a hill to the south of Paihia, looking north along the beach line, with the houses and gardens of the Church Missionary Society station, home of the Rev. Henry Williams and his family. Two European men and a small boy are standing on the hill in the foreground beside a tree. The artist visited the site in March 1827. A pencil drawing by Sainson of this view, dated 12 March 1827, is in the Archives Nationales, Paris, (Marine JJ 102 A f 14); and the original watercolour is in the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris. There are also later engraved versions of the same view, one in Dumont d'Urville's 'Voyage pittoresque autour du monde', Paris, 1835, Vol 2, p. 356 and one in Domeny de Rienzi's 'Oceanie' Vol 2, Paris 1836, plate 174. Each of these later versions shows signficant changes in the detail. Other Titles - Etablissement des missionaires (Nouvelle Zelande) Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photolithograph, on card 105 x 150 mm

Date: 1833 - 1827

By: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-

Reference: B-052-017

Description: Shows an abandoned pa, with French sailors in the foreground Lacks printer's name. Possibly a proof state from the first edition of the atlas in which it appeared. Other Titles - View of Kahuwera, fortified village at the Bay of Islands [translation] Extended Title - From Dumont d'Urville, J S C - Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe. Atlas [historique] Pl. 51. First edition. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Hand coloured lithograph, 192 x 340 mm

Date: [ca 1970-ca 1990]

From: Host, Bent Svitser Muusfeldt, 1918-2000: Collection related to research by Bent and Emily Host

By: Host, Emily Olga, 1913-1980

Reference: PAColl-7792

Description: Photographs collected by Emily Host for her publications on the Abel Tasman National Park, Thomas Brunner, and a proposed book on Abel Tasman. Includes photographs of objects held by the Western Australian Museum relating to early settlers and explorers; a portrait of Abel Tasman and photographs of where he lived in Amsterdam; plans of a ship, possibly relating to Tasman; views of Abel Tasman National Park; photographs associated with early exploration in New Zealand; and a photograph of Pratt's house at Totaranui. Many of these photographs are already held by the Alexander Turnbull Library. Title supplied by Library Quantity: 72 b&w original photographic print(s). 8 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: 1975

By: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-; Saint-Aulaire, Felix Achille, 1801-; Villeneuve, Louis Frederic, 1796-1842; Milbert, Jacques Gerard, 1766-1840; Noel, Alexis Nicholas, 1792-1848; Avon Fine Prints

Reference: B-076-043/047

Description: Contents: Etablissement des missionaires, Nouvelle Zelande, J. Arago, lith. - L'Astrolabe dans la Passe des Francais, Nouvelle Zelande, A. St. Aulaire, lith. - Village a l'Anse de l'Astrolabe, Nouvelle Zelande, Villeneuve, lith., figures par V. Adam. - Aiguade a l'Anse de l'Astrolabe, Nouvelle Zelande, J. Milbert, lith., figures par P. Adam. - Observatoire de l'Astrolabe dans l'une des anses de Houa Houa, Nouvelle Zelande, Alexis Noel, lith. Title from publication notice Reproductions of lithographs published 1833, based on watercolours by Louis de Sainson made during the visit of Dumont d'Urville to New Zealand in 1827. No. 5 of edition limited to 1000 copies Extended Title - Original lithographs published in Dumont d'Urville, J S C. Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe... 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829 ...Atlas [Histoire du voyage, v. 1] Paris, J. Tastu, 1833. Plates 38, 39, 40, 46, 56. Quantity: 5 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithographs, 219 x 331 mm; 211 x 331 mm; 222 x 384 mm; 222 x 319 mm; 214 x 318 mm on sheets 419 x 508 mm

Date: 1889-1836

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2273

Description: Other Titles - Birds of New Zealand Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1826 - 1833 - 1829

By: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-; Maurin, Antoine, 1793-1860; Tastu, J, active 1828-1833; Lemercier, Alfred Léon, active 1830s-1840s; Hill, Julian, active 1996-2009

Reference: B-112-013

Description: Shows head and shoulders portraits of five Maori. All but one are in profile. At bottom right, the wife of Tawiti has an infant folded inside her cloak. The two details of the mouths of Ekara and Tawiti's wife, show moko markings. Title taken from the assigned title in Ellis' "Early prints of New Zealand" (Christchurch, 1978). Other Titles - 1,2. Profil et face d'Epae, enfant de Wangari; 3. Ekara, jeune fille de la Baie des Iles; 4. Bouche d'Ekara; 5,6. Tawiti et sa femme; 7. Bouche de la femme de Tawiti Other Titles - Profile and full face of Epae, child of Wangari; Ekara, young girl of the Bay of Islands; Ekara's mouth; Tawiti and his wife; Mouth of Tawiti's wife Extended Title - From, Dumont D'Urville. Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe execute pendant les annees 1826 ... 1829 ... Atlas. (Paris, J Tastu, 1833). Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, on sheet 517 x 337 mm.