MAP
New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey. Wellington District Office :Island of Kapiti [copy of ms map]. Compiled from District Office maps Nos. W.D. 484 & 45 / 3k. 9k., 1916
- Date
- 1916
- By
- New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey. Wellington District Office; New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey; Archives New Zealand
- Reference
- MapColl-832.47cba/1916/Acc.37816
- Description
Topographic map of Kapiti Island with some described features and named vegetation. Includes the site of an anchorage adjacent to Motungarara Island and Kapiti Island. Ink blotches obliterate parts of the map
Kapiti Island includes numerous Maori placenames and named streams. Pa sites and former Maori settlements are marked, as are whaling stations and a cavern, formerly a burial ground. Sites of mutton birds are marked as are water supplies, walking tracks, the site of an old homestead and old cultivations.
Tokumapuna Island, 1.2.21 [acres] includes the site of the main whaling station and named rocks which are covered at high water are named.
Motungarara Island, 3.2.0 [acres] includes the site of a former whaling station
Tahoramaurea Island, 3.3.21 [acres] includes the site of Mayhew's store
442 is written in each of three corners of the map
Quantity: 1 map(s).
Physical Description: Photocopy, scale [1:70 000], 70.1 x 75.5 cm.
- Additional description
Alternative form available: Aperture card at ATL L&S Coll G442. Please note that this copy with the ink blotches wasn't printed from the aperture card. The copy of the map on the aperture card doesn't have any blotches
- Use/Reproduction
- Photocopying not permitted. Reproduction for publication requires the permission of Archives New Zealand
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- 1 map(s), Maps, Topographic maps, Photocopy, scale [1:70 000], 70.1 x 75.5 cm.
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