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Gezigt van een verschanst Dorp op eene doorboorde Rots gebouwd, in Nieuw-Zeeland

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Date

[ca 1785]

Artist

Collective Title

Artist unknown :Views in the South Seas [1769-1779. Drawn 1780s?]

Collection

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image Link

https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22872827

Description

Copy of an engraving published in John Hawkesworth (1773, II, Plate 18)) after Spoering 'A fortified town or village...' from Captain James Cook's first voyage to New Zealand in 1769. Shows a Te Puta o te Paretauhinu Pa atop a pierced rock at Mercury Bay, with two canoes in front, two further empty canoes pulled up on rocks to the right, and the Endeavour at anchor to the left. Verso shows handwritten text in Dutch (translation of this text in accompanying typescript).

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All Rights Reserved

Image Credit

Alexander Turnbull Library

Location

Mercury Bay, Waikato, New Zealand

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People
Seascapes
Boats
Geology

Category

Landscapes & Seascapes

TWW Comment

The arched rock structure has since collapsed. see: https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/6331/arched-rock-mercury-bay

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