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Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881 :Sketch of the anchorage at Kapiti, Cook's Strait, New Zealand [copy of ms map]. By Chas Heaphy, 1841.
- Date
- 1841
- By
- Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Great Britain. Hydrographic Office
- Reference
- MapColl-832.47aj/1841/Acc.37820
- Description
Hydrographic sketch of safe anchorage on the southeastern coast of Kapiti Island, including Tokomapuna Island and Motungarara and Tahoramorea Islands (named on the map Evan's Island - Whaling Station, Hiko's Island and Raupero's Island). Shows soundings and Rangatira Point.
Other Titles - Charles
Written on map: 'Copied from a MS [manuscript] belonging to the New Zealand Company April 3rd, 1847'.
Written on map: 'This is a convenient anchorage for vessels bound for Port Nicholson, should they be caught by southerly winds in the narrows of Cook Strait...' The description goes on to explain a safe approach to between Kapiti and Port Nicholson and also from Kapiti to the Whanganui River.
Written on map: 'L5862, New Zealand folio 1', [Hydrographic Office, where original is held].
Quantity: 1 map(s).
Physical Description: Photographic copy, scale indeterminable, 43.5 x 44.7 cm.
- Use/Reproduction
- Photocopying not permitted. Reproduction for publication requires the permission of the owner of the original.
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- 1 map(s), Manuscript maps, Maps, Nautical charts, Photocopies, Photographic copy, scale indeterminable, 43.5 x 44.7 cm.
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