[Creator unknown] :[Maori map of Rotorua lakes ca. 1879] [copy of ms map].

Manuscript map, with Maori only text, depicting Lake Rotorua, and lakes Rotoiti, Rotoehu, and Rotoma; several Maori tracks in the region. It specifies land beonging to Ngati Pikiao, Ngati Awa, Ngati Rangiteaorere, Ngati Whakaue, Ngati Rangiwewehi and Nga i Terangi. Other land belongs to Tarawhai, Uenukukopako, Tapuika, Kawerau, Tuwhare and Tarawhai. Maori tracks are named Paritangi, Tikipuna, Tearataukanihi, Tekaharoa, Tetahuna.

The map was drawn by a Maori representing the collective knowledge of the Ngati Pikiao hapu. For more detail, see 'Traditional cartography in the Pacific Basin' edited by David Woodward and G. Malcolm Lewis (Chicago: Universiy of Chicago Press, c1998.) p. 528-9.

Quantity: 1 map(s) 4 copies.

Physical Description: Photocopy, scale indeterminable, 60 x 85 cm.

Alternative form available: Turnbull library holds three copies of the map (size stated in physical description) and one copy 30 x 42 cm.