Story: Canterbury region
Some of Canterbury’s first settlers were French. This map is part of a deed of sale for land between the Nanto-Bordelaise Company and purchaser Joseph Marie Le Cellier. In 1840 the company sent emigrants to Banks Peninsula, where they established the settlement of Akaroa.
About this item
Alexander Turnbull Library, Nanto-Bordelaise Collection
Reference: qMS-1407-080
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.