Pourewa Island
| Pourewa Island | ||
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| Waters | South pacific | |
| Geographical location | 38 ° 22 ′ S , 178 ° 20 ′ E | |
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| length | 1.3 km | |
| width | 350 km | |
| surface | 42 ha | |
| Highest elevation | 100 m | |
Pourewa Island is a 42- acre island on the southern edge of Tolaga Bay on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island .
With the Miter Rocks opposite, it represents the access to Cook's Cove , the bay in which the navigator and explorer Captain James Cook anchored with the barque Endeavor on October 23, 1769 to take in fresh water and provisions. The island was formerly known as Spöring Island . This name was given to her by Captain Cook in honor of the Swedish-Finnish draftsman and naturalist Herman Spöring . Spöring was a member of the crew on board and on the delegation of the Royal Society on the expedition.
It is known from Cook's lore that the island was inhabited and from Māori sources it is known that Hinematioro , a high-ranking and famous woman, lived there. She died in 1823. In 1885, a carved figure used as a post panel for a house was found in the mud. Local Māori assigned this figure to Hinematioro's house. Another piece of evidence can be found in the Tuebingen Institute for Ethnology . It is said to have been a gift from Hinematioro to the botanist Joseph Banks , who was on board the Endeavor in October 1769.
In 1990 a piece of rock from the island was integrated into a memorial in Spöring's birthplace Åbo in Finland . Spöring was honored as the first Finn to set foot on New Zealand soil.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pou - House post - Te Kakano - Auckland Museum - (accessed February 14, 2010)
- ↑ Maori carving revealed from Cook's first trip - Uni-Protocols - (accessed February 15, 2010)
- ↑ Teacher Profiles - Mura Love . Royal Society of New Zealand , accessed September 5, 2014 .
- ^ Spöring Island - Te Ara - (accessed February 14, 2010)