Kōrero: Perceptions of the landscape

Early views of Poverty Bay (1 o 2)

Early views of Poverty Bay

These hand-coloured engravings of Poverty Bay were based on a drawing by Sydney Parkinson, the artist on James Cook’s first voyage to New Zealand. Parkinson clearly intended to record the land and its geology as accurately as possible. The care with which he showed the topography was designed to inform future navigators, just as his engravings of plants were intended to help future botanists.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: PUBL-0037-14
Hand-coloured engraving after a drawing by Sydney Parkinson

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Jock Phillips, 'Perceptions of the landscape - First approaches – the 18th century', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/artwork/14295/early-views-of-poverty-bay (accessed 29 March 2024)

He kōrero nā Jock Phillips, i tāngia i te 24 Sep 2007