Skip to main content

Kōrero: Shipwrecks

Archilles chart of Kaipara

Image
<em>Archilles </em>chart of Kaipara

One of these charts was hand-drawn and prepared by William Turner, chief mate on the barque Archilles, when he entered Kaipara Harbour in 1837. The chart shows the route of the Archilles and the depths are in fathoms.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: MapColl-832.11aj/1837/Acc.24214

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.

Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Gerard Hutching, Shipwrecks – Perils of the sea: 19th century, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/map/8749/archilles-chart-of-kaipara (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Gerard Hutching, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.