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Mt Cook, Greenstone country, Middle Id.

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Date

[1846]

Artist

Charles Heaphy (1820-1881)

Collection

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image Link

https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22690194

Description

Coastline of Arahura district, Westland, looking south with Mount Cook in the distance and a sailing ship offshore, near the mouth of the Taramakau River. Possibly the earliest view of this coastline and Mount Cook from the land.

Similar images are held by the British Library, in a private collection in Basel and reproduced in Hochstetter's New Zealand (Stuttgart, 1867).

Middle Island was an earlier name for New Zealand's South Island.

Dates from Heaphy's five-month long exploration from Nelson to the West Coast near Hokitika, in company with William Fox, Thomas Brunner and Kehu, March-August 1846. They were the first Pakeha to visit the Poutini Ngai Tahu settlements in Westland and to establish Mount Cook as New Zealand's highest mountain.

Other Titles - Arahura Coast and Mount Cook from the mouth of the Taramakau River

Other Titles - Kaikoura Coast [Incorrect title in auction catalogue, 1991]

Other Titles - South Island

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All Rights Reserved

Image Credit

Alexander Turnbull Library

Location

Arahura Valley, Canterbury, New Zealand

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