MAP
New Zealand. Hydrographic Office :Gable End Foreland to Cape Kidnappers [map with ms annotations]. 1968
- Date
- 1958 - 1968
- By
- New Zealand. Hydrographic Office; R E Owen (Firm); Ritchie, George Stephen, 1914-2012
- Reference
- MapColl-NZGB-1/7/74/Acc.54760
- Description
Hydrographic chart NZ 56. New Zealand - North Island - Gable End Foreland to Cape Kidnappers - Surveyed by Captain C C Lowry, RN, & Commanders G S Ritchie, DSC, RN, & F W Hunt, MBE, RN - HMNZS 'Lachlan' 1953-57.
Published by the Hydrographic Branch, Department of the Navy, Wellington, March 1958, under the superintendence of Commander F W Hunt, MBE, RN. Printed by R E Owen, Government Printer, Wellington, 1968. Gridded edition.
Manuscript annotations include compass arcs and arrows in red, blue, green, and brown ink with topographical reference points annotated. Extensive notes and annotations in pencil. Also includes diagram showing "Distance to visible horizon".
Letter (typescript with signature in blue ink) from R P Gough, Surveyor-General, to Chief Surveyor, Gisborne, dated 2 July 1969. On the subject of "Sighting of New Zealand - Captain Cook". The letter discusses the question "which was the first piece of land sighted by Captain Cook and his crew when they discovered New Zealand." The letter closes with the statement: "We conclude that Te Rimuomaru was most probably the piece of land first seen by Young Nick from the masthead."
Inset shows horizontal views of land between Table Cape and Portland Island, and between Table Cape and Wairoa. Topographical relief shown by contours and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings and isolines.
Quantity: 1 map(s).
Physical Description: Printed map on paper, with typescript letter attached at margin and extensive manuscript annotations, natural scale 1:200,000, 70 x 103 cm
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- New Zealand Geographic Board: Selection of maps of New Zealand
- Format
- 1 map(s), Maps, Nautical charts, Annotations, Printed map on paper, with typescript letter attached at margin and extensive manuscript annotations, natural scale 1:200,000, 70 x 103 cm
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