| RCS/Y3089A contains: |
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| 1 |
Bay of Islands, Victoria [sic] where the Treaty of Waitangi was signed by the native chiefs |
| 2 |
Poverty Bay - Waipawa Valley from the head of the Bay |
| 3 |
Mercury Bay - where Captain Cook took the transit of Mercury |
| 4 |
Thames Gold Fields - Hunt's Claim or Shotover |
| 5 |
Rotomahana or Hot Lake District - Kanapanapa, or Boiling Mud Lake |
| 6 |
Christchurch - Government Building looking west, Canterbury |
| 7 |
Hokianga - Phormian Tenax - or flax rope-making |
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New Zealand Scenery. c.1870
| Title |
Mercury Bay - where Captain Cook took the transit of Mercury |
| Reference |
Y3089A/3 |
| Extent and Medium |
Fair condition, some dirt marks. |
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| Content and context |
232 x 186 mm. A view of Whitianga, with a jetty in the foreground leading to houses, the 'Whitiangi Hotel' and the 'Whitiangi Music Hall'. The photograph also has several people posing for the camera. Mercury Bay is a large inlet on the east coast of Coromandel Peninsula on the North Island. Whitianga is situated at a narrow strait between Mercury Bay and Whitianga Harbour, an inland extension of the Bay. It was east of Whitianga, at Cook's Beach, that Cook observed the transit of Mercury (and so named the bay) on November 9, 1769. |
| Further information |
Indexed |
| Index Terms |
| New Zealand |
| North Island |
| Oceania |
| Thames Valley |
| Whitianga |
| No further on-line information. |
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