Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Date: 1887 - 1888

From: Hoare, E A, fl 1887-1888 :Drawings, watercolour sketches, photographs and notes of E A Hoare, Artiste, on board 'S S Tongariro'. December 1887 to March 1888

Reference: E-955-f-035

Description: A shipboard view of the Santa Cruz coast, Tenerife. Aside from a number of low-level buildings, two windmills and a tall tower can be seen, which is probably the bell tower belonging to the Church of the Immaculate Conception, the first chapel erected by the Spanish conquistadors after landing nearby. The mountains behind the town rise steeply from the coast It is not certain whether the artist visited Tenerife twice on his voyage, or if all the images of the island were done in 1887, as the earlier two are dated Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Santa Cruz / from Deck quarantined [in pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 122 x 228 mm, on sketchbook page 255 x 370 mm

Date: [ca 2000s]

From: Scadden, Tracey Leanne, 1966-: Papers relating to Henry Maud

Reference: MS-Papers-12742-2

Description: Comprises typed transcript of shipboard diary kept by Henry Maud of his emigration from Leeds to Wellington aboard the RMS 'Athenic'. Transcribed by Tracey Leanne (T.L.) Scadden, circa 2000s. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s) 18 pages. Physical Description: Typed transcript with handwritten annotations.

Date: 9 December 1910 - January 1911

From: Scadden, Tracey Leanne, 1966-: Papers relating to Henry Maud

Reference: MS-Papers-12742-1

Description: Shipboard diary kept by Henry Maud of his emigration from Leeds to Wellington in 1910. Maud departed Leeds for London on 9 December 1910 then sailed on the RMS 'Athenic', stopping at Plymouth, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Cape Town, and Hobart, and arriving in Wellington at the end of January 1911. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s) containing one diary (31 pages). Physical Description: Bound diary with burgundy soft cover, 20.3 x 15.8 cm.

Date: [Circa 1880s]

By: Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Travers, William Thomas Locke, 1819-1903; Valentine, George Dobson, 1852-1890

Reference: PA1-f-076

Description: Album of photographs taken by various photographers circa 1880s, including the Burton brothers, George Valentine, and W T L Travers. Photographs of Tenerife, Cape Town (and probably the views of Hobart) were taken from the ship "Doric" in 1885, possibly by Alexander Turnbull on one of his return trips from Europe. Other Titles - New Zealand, Tasmania [and] Ships Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with blue buckram cover, entitled in gold lettering on spine "New Zealand, Tasmania, Ships, A H Turnbull"; 31.5 x 43.0 cm

Date: 11 Feb, 20 Feb 1837

By: Pompallier, Jean Baptiste François, 1801-1871

Reference: MS-Papers-11065

Description: Two letters to the Bishop of Nancy; that of 11 Feb describing how a broken rudder interrupted their voyage while sailing to his new post in the Pacific, and how the ship managed to reach Santa Cruz, Tenerife for repairs. Describes Santa Cruz, discusses his mission in the Pacific and his appreciation of Forbin-Janson's help. That of 20 Feb announces that rudder now repaired; recommends M Bratillard, the French Consul in the Canaries, for his help. Hopes to write from Valparaiso, Chile Source of title - Supplied by Library In 1837 Pompallier with members of the Society of Mary, set off from Le Havre to establish the new Vicariate Apostolic of Western Oceania in the Pacific. However, a broken rudder caused the party to make an unexpected visit to Santa Cruz, Tenerife, for repairs Quantity: 1 folder(s) Two letters. 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, Traces Ecrites, France, 2011

Date: [1880s-1910s?]

From: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 : The Webster Collection

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Ferrez, Marc, 1843-1923; Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Valentine, George Dobson, 1852-1890

Reference: PA1-q-260

Description: Collection of photographs taken by various photographers including the Burton Brothers, George Valentine, Josiah Martin and Marc Ferrez. On page [67] there is a hand-traced map of the world with a route marked on it from London, to Plymouth, Canary Islands, Cape Town, Tasmania, Wellington, Lyttelton, Cape Horn, Rio de Janeiro, Canary Islands and back to Plymouth and London. The distance travelled out was 12,948 miles, and distance home was 11,915 miles. The photographs cover most of these places, with more detailed travel through Tasmania, and especially New Zealand. Scenes in New Zealand were mostly taken by the Burton Brothers and Josiah Martin. They include views of the main cities, and a large number in the thermal area around Lake Rotorua and Mount Tarawera, showing the area around the Pink and White Terraces before and after the eruption of Mount Tarawera in 1886. Photographs by Josiah Martin include portraits of Maori, and one entitled "The old order changeth" with Maori artifacts, shrunken heads, and a portrait of Tawhiao. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark brown cover, black leather coners and spine; 27.5 x 37.5 cm