Charles Heaphy Nz 1839

By edmondsallan May 8, 2011 1125 views 1 comments

Charles Heaphy
Arrived: 1839
Country of origin: England
Area in New Zealand: All over
Source: Paperspast

Details: Daily Southern Cross 29 August 1864. (Discussing plagarism). Mr Heaphy came to New Zealand in 1839 on a scientific expedition with Deiffenback the hydrographer, he has since then been constantly employed in exploration and surveys and the Admiralty has published his surveys and charts. In 1839-40 he explored the Wellington, Whanganui and Taranaki country and subesquently the Chalham Islands and the west coast of the Middle Island, for which he received a government appointment.

Till wemeet again -Regards -edmondsallan

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edmondsallan

In my younger day I did a lot of tramping in NZ . a lot of the maps were made from the orignal data Charles Heaphy accumulated