[Hamilton, William John Warburton, 1825-1883] :[Map of South Island, New Zealand, Kaikoura to Stewart Island, by Mr Hamilton from H.M.S. Acheron, 1849-50] [copy of ms map]. Copy of charts in custody of Admiralty, Canterbury - Otago explorations (1848), Nelson explorations (1846).

Map of South Island, south of Kaikoura and including Stewart Island, and not drawn to scale. Shows harbours, rivers, lakes, Maori tracks, boundaries of the New Zealand Company's land purchase of the Canterbury Region; includes descriptive notes on areas of land such as 'very extensive grass plains'. Note on map before copying: 'Kaiapoi is the southern boundary of the Nelson Block'. Includes many Maori placenames.

Written below map: Copy of charts in custody of Admiralty, 1- Canterbury-Otago explorations (1848), 2- Nelson explorations (1846)

Title from catalogue card

Written on catalogue card: Shows New Zealand Company's purchase of land.

See also annotated copy, redrawn by Department of Survey and Land Information, 1989, entitled Map of part of the Middle Island by Charles H Kettle, ca. 1848, shelved at MapColl-834atu/[1849-50]1989/Acc.21689

Inscriptions: top left - Stamped New Zealand Company, 31 Oct 1848

Quantity: 1 map(s).

Physical Description: Photographic copy, glued to paper, linen backed, scale indeterminable, 53.4 x 31.5 cm

Provenance: Photocopy from chart held in custody of the Admiralty