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Two Early Maori Charts Of Aotearoa/NZ
These two charts, from the Alexander Turnbull Cartographic Collection, were drawn by Maori for European settlers and clearly show examples of mind-maps where the actual scale of the land is secondary to the important features.
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| Reference: | Acc- 36440 |
| Description: | Description: 'Tuki's Map', copy of ms map, redrawn from copy of original in ca 1940. Original by Tuki Te Terenui Whare Pirau, born 1769, in 1793. |
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| Reference: | Acc- 527 |
| Description: | Description: Sketch of the Middle Island of New Zealand, ca 1894, reduced from the original Maori Sketch made for a Mr Haswell, 1841-2?. |
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Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand,
Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of these images. |
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