File:Cook New Zealand South Cape.jpg

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DescriptionCook New Zealand South Cape.jpg	South-eastern part of the first complete map of New Zealand, drawn by James Cook. Cook believed that Stewart Island was connected to the South Island and thus named it South Cape.
Date	between 1769 and 1770 date QS:P,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1769-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1770-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source	National Maritime Museum, London. Collections Online, Repro-ID: F0293
Author	"explored by Lieut. I. Cook, Commander of His Majesty's Bark Endeavour Engrav'd by I. Bayly." (as written on a portion of the map that's not included here) (slightly edited - mainly increasing contrast - by Ibn Battuta)
Other versions	another version of Cook's map of all New Zealand: Image:Cook new zealand.jpg; South Cape on that other version of Cook's map (with and without re-tracing the coastline for better visibility): see file history below

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	14:59, 15 April 2007		800 × 618 (127 KB)	wikimediacommons>Ibn Battuta	higher resolution of (another version of) Cook's map

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