Story: Early mapping
Page 8. All images & media
From page 1 - Early mappers: 1642–1800
From page 2 - French charts before 1840
From page 3 - Traders, whalers, missionaries: 1800–1840
From page 4 - Mapping for settlement
From page 5 - The coastline: 1840 to 1855
From page 6 - Māori and maps of colonisation
How to cite this page
Melanie Lovell-Smith, Early mapping, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/story/5243/media (accessed 9 June 2026).
Story by Melanie Lovell-Smith, published 1 March 2009.