MAP
Anderson, Robert S., fl. 1864 :Plan of ground surrounding Orakau Pa. Plan of pa [ms map]. Shewing the disposition of the troops under Brigadier General Carey, 2d April, 1864. Robert S. Anderson, draughtsman, 1864.
- Date
- 1864
- By
- Anderson, Robert Shortried, 1833-1874; New Zealand. Parliamentary Library
- Reference
- MapColl-832.14hkm/1864/Acc.36888
- Description
Hand drawn map, dated 8th. July 1864, of Orakau Pa detailing the position of British troops in the battle and the line of retreat from the pa. Names of regiments and commanding officers are given at various locations approaching the pa, some having the date of 2d. April. An area labelled 'Headquarters, 2 guns' is marked and the military term 'Picquet' locates three places on the map. Includes a plantation, reserve, Ti Tree and Raupo swamps and contour lines. A reference key indicates parapets, banquettes, ditches and whares [sic]. Three plans, inset and with a different scale to the area map, are of the pa with its approach and two cross sectional views, labelled A-B and C-D.
Other Titles - Orakau Pa
Other Titles - Plan of pa
Centre of map: File 11469 is written in faint pencil
Top right: PUNIU 1637c/1 is written in watercolour paint
Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s).
Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on card, linen backed, coloured, 68 x 47 cm.
- Additional description
Alternative form available: Colour transparency available
Photocopy of the original measures 55 x 41 cm. Scales indeterminable - reference no is MapColl-832.14hkm/1864/Acc.4317
- Use/Reproduction
- Photocopying not permitted
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 manuscript map(s), Manuscript maps, Military maps, Ink and watercolour on card, linen backed, coloured, 68 x 47 cm.
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Anderson, Robert Shortried, 1833-1874. Anderson, Robert S., fl. 1864 :Plan of ground surrounding Orakau Pa. Plan of pa [ms map]. Shewing the disposition of the troops under Brigadier General Carey, 2d April, 1864. Robert S. Anderson, draughtsman, 1864.. Ref: MapColl-832.14hkm/1864/Acc.36888. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22827681More information can be found in our terms of use.