Places

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: 1831 - 1937 - 1939

By: Downes, Thomas William, 1868-1938; Bathgate, Charles McLelland, 1893-1970

Reference: A-076-023

Description: Shows Powers lying in boat in right foreground, while some of a group of six natives ties one of his three companions to a pole. One threatens towards the tied man with a mere. There is a campfire and a kete lies on the ground. Features Andrew Powers, one of the first white men to see Lake Taupo. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 209 x 308 mm.

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