List_of_New_Zealand_places_named_by_James_Cook

List of New Zealand places named by James Cook

List of New Zealand places named by James Cook

List of geographic locations named by explorer James Cook

This is a list of New Zealand places named by James Cook. Cook was the first European navigator to circumnavigate and chart the archipelago. He chose names from dull to droll to descriptive, from metaphorical to a narrative of events, or to honour people and to record the existing Māori language names of places.[1] The list below is in the order described in Cook's journals of his first and second voyages to the Pacific.[2]

Chart of New Zealand explored 1769 and 1770 by Lieut. James Cook, commander of his majesty's barque Endeavour

First voyage

Young Nicks Head / Te Kuri o Pāoa
Whakaari - White Island Volcano
Mount Taranaki
Kapiti Island
Cape Koamaru

The first voyage was in New Zealand waters during late 1769 and early 1770.

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Second Voyage

Cook's sketch of Dusky Bay in New Zealand, 1773
An engraving on the boardwalk at Astronomer Point that describes James Cook and the Resolution's visit to Pickersgill Harbour, 1773

In the autumn of 1773, Cook and the crew of Resolution recuperated in Dusky Sound / Tamatea, after 122 days at sea in the Pacific and Southern Ocean.[19][20][21][22][23]

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See also

Notes

  1. Over time the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa has implemented naming conventions and set about agreeing dual or alternate place names that remember both the Māori and European heritage of New Zealand; hence, where appropriate, today’s name is shown in brackets
  2. Unless otherwise cited, all reasons come Cook's journals. Direct quotations are shown in double quotes
  3. The shown coordinates are the actual latitude and longitude; although it is worth noting that Cook’s coordinates were accurate more often than not

References

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