Story: Beach culture

Landing places – South Island (2nd of 2)

Landing places – South Island

This map shows the first landing places of the South Island canoes and the three sites where James Cook stepped ashore on the South Island. Two of these places, Dusky Sound and Ship Cove in Queen Charlotte Sound, were also visited by Cook on his second and third voyages.

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Jock Phillips, 'Beach culture - Travellers on the beach', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/map/9520/landing-places-south-island (accessed 20 April 2024)

Story by Jock Phillips, published 12 Jun 2006