DESCRIPTION: Scarce and exceedingly interesting historio-pictorial map of the North Island and the South Island of New Zealand. Created ca. 1939 by native New Zealander Alan Stuart Paterson (1902-1968). Paterson worked as a clerk for the Department of Lands and Survey from 1918 to 1923, and in 1925 began a 25 year long career as an cartoonist. In 1951 Paterson became curator for the Gisborne Art Gallery and Museum.
No copies of this map are found in WorldCat and there are no records of a sale of this map at OWA or in the AMPR.
This cartoonish pictorial map shows numerous historical events in New Zealand including:
- The Great Migration of the Maoris from Hawaiki to Aotearoa
- Route of explorer Abel Tasman.
- Treaty of Waitangi in 1840.
- First arrival of tourists at Rotorua
- Arrival of the 'Tory' at Port Nicholson in 1839.
- Discovery of the succulence of Bluff Oysters
PUBLICATION DATE: 1939
GEOGRAPHIC AREA: New Zealand
BODY OF WATER: Pacific Ocean
CONDITION: Good.
 Folded. Two tiny holes at fold intersections. Modest wear on the folds with one repair from the verso to repair a 1" marginal separation. Clean with no manuscript annotations.
COLORING: Process color.
ENGRAVER: 
SIZE: 18
" x
27 "
ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 
PRICE: $1800
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