Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 :Maps from collection

Date
1841 - 1904
By
Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967
Reference
MapColl-Collection-Webster
Description

Manuscript and published maps of mostly New Zealand or specific parts of New Zealand covering a wide variety of topics and dates but mostly 19th Century

Some world and pacific maps are included

K A Webster was a New Zealand-born collector of artefacts, manuscripts, books, paintings and maps relating to New Zealand and the Pacific.

Quantity: 39 map(s).

Physical Description: Pen and Ink on paper; lithographs

Finding Aids: Bibliographic records of the published maps that are linked to this collection record, are fully catalogued on the National Library Catalogue. Group of twenty one lithographs sourced mainly from Cook's voyages and published mostly by Alexander Hogg in 1780s of islands around the Pacific catalogued only on National Library Catalogue..

Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Webster, Kenneth Athol 1906-1967: The Webster collection and papers - MS-Group-0002.

Additional description

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Access restrictions
Partly restricted material
Format
39 map(s), Cadastral maps, Maps, Military maps, Pen and Ink on paper; lithographs
There are 18 items in total.
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There are 18 items in this group.
Map

Arrowsmith, John, 1790-1873 :Map of the colony of New Zealand, from official documents ...

From: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 :Maps from collection

Reference: MapColl-830a/1853/Acc.10944

Description: Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Lithograph Finding Aids: As a published map it is fully catalogued on National Library Catalogue. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967. The Webster collection and papers. MS-Group-0002.

Map

[Creator unknown] :Sketch map of the Waikato district shewing ... the various classes o...

From: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 :Maps from collection

Reference: MapColl-832.14gbbd/1867/Acc.36997

Description: Webster Collection no.232 Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Lithograph Finding Aids: As a published map it is fully catalogued on National Library Catalogue. Provenance: Purchased from the estate of K A Webster, London, 1969, 1970 and 1982 Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967. The Webster collection and papers. MS-Group-0002.

Map

General Survey Office :Map of the Chatham Islands [map]. Wellington; General Survey Off...

From: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 :Maps from collection

Reference: MapColl-837fb/1887/Acc.47092

Description: Webster Collection no.4737 Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Lithograph Finding Aids: As a published map it is fully catalogued on National Library Catalogue. Provenance: Purchased from the estate of K A Webster, London, 1969, 1970 and 1982 Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967. The Webster collection and papers. MS-Group-0002.

Map

Hughes, William, 1817-1876 :New Zealand [map]. London; George Philip & Son, [1865?]

From: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 :Maps from collection

Reference: MapColl-830a/[ca.1865]/Acc.12111

Description: Webster Collection no.3646 Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Lithograph Finding Aids: As a published map it is fully catalogued on National Library Catalogue. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967. The Webster collection and papers. MS-Group-0002.

Map

[Creator unknown] :New South Wales, New Zealand, New Hebrides and the islands adjacent ...

From: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 :Maps from collection

Reference: MapColl-Reserve-800a/1808/Acc.42923

Description: Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Lithograph Finding Aids: As a published map it is fully catalogued on National Library Catalogue. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967. The Webster collection and papers. MS-Group-0002.

Map

Edward Stanford Ltd :New Zealand [map]. London; Edward Stanford, 1877

From: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 :Maps from collection

Reference: MapColl-830a/1877/Acc.10945

Description: Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Lithograph Finding Aids: As a published map it is fully catalogued on National Library Catalogue. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967. The Webster collection and papers. MS-Group-0002.

Map

New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey :North Island (Te Ika-a-Maui), New Zealand ...

From: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 :Maps from collection

Reference: MapColl-830ed/1902-3/Acc.10938

Description: Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Lithograph Finding Aids: As a published map it is fully catalogued on National Library Catalogue. Provenance: Purchased from the estate of K A Webster, London, 1969, 1970 and 1982 Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967. The Webster collection and papers. MS-Group-0002.

Map

Carrington, Augustus Octavius Croker, 1816-1901 :Plan shewing the surveyed lands within...

From: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 :Maps from collection

Reference: MapColl-832.2gbbd/1862/Acc.11046

Description: Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Lithograph Finding Aids: As a published map it is fully catalogued on National Library Catalogue. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967. The Webster collection and papers. MS-Group-0002.

Map

Chapman, George Thomson, 1824-1881 :Chapman's map of the Waikato with Raglan, Kawhia an...

Date: 1866

From: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 :Maps from collection

By: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967; Chapman, George Thomson, 1824-1881

Reference: MapColl-832.14a/1866/Acc.10939

Description: This published map is mounted in segments on linen and features the area from Mangere down the west coast to the Mokau River and across from bottom of the Coromandel Peninsula down past the Tauranga Harbour to just above Lake Taupo. Also outlined in red is the south bank of the Waikato River to Mercer, northwards to Hunua, Clevedon across to the Firth of Thames and southwards to Orakau. Some settlements, including selected ones in the Manuaku Harbour area, some roads, rivers, lakes and the coastlines are shaded. Numerous pencilled notes claimed to have been written by Alfred Domett include details of the type of soil and vegetation. Inscriptions: Verso - top right - '*Grandfather's notes on condition of lands in New Zealand' and '*Alfred Domett's'; Verso - top right - Stamp - 'Webster 554 collection' Map drawn by Alfred Domett's grandfather. Either Nathaniel Domett's father or Elizabeth Curling's father. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Pencil annotations on lithograph, hand coloured, scale [1:253 440], 86.8 x 52.6 cm. Provenance: Purchased from the estate of K A Webster, London. Notes on reverse suggest map owned at some stage by Domett Family. Webster Collection no.554 Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967: The Webster collection and papers - MS-Group-0002.

Map

[Creator unknown] :Plan of the town of Wellington Port Nicholson [ms map]. [1840?]

Date: 1840

From: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 :Maps from collection

By: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967

Reference: MapColl-832.4799a/1840/Acc.37413

Description: Hand-drawn map which is similar to the published map 'Plan of the town of Wellington, Port Nicholson: the first and principal settlement of the New Zealand Company' by William Mein Smith. Published in London by Smith, Elder & Co. for the New Zealand Company in 1840. Differences to the published map are as follows: Only some of the sections have the order of choice and the section number; the wash that denotes the topography is slightly different; there is no New Zealand Company stamp above the title; the title is not complete; there is no date or signature of William Mein Smith; the legend is incomplete. Has Webster Collection no. 2924 Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink on tracing paper, backed with paper, scale [ca. 1:9 500], 47.5 x 75 cm. Provenance: Purchased from the estate of K A Webster, London Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Walter, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967. The Webster collection and papers - MS-Group-0002.