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Islands, Bay of (bay)

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Subject Source: Local sources

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Bay of Islands, 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089E/37
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205 x 142 mm. A view from the shore looking out towards the Bay, with islands dimly visible in the distance. The Bay of Islands is a ‘drowned river’ system containing about 150 small islands which lies on the east coast of North Auckland between Whangerei and Whangaroa. The first European to visit it was Captain Cook in 1769, and in the nineteenth century it became a watering place for whalers.

Dates: 1880
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