Lower left (l.l.) in ink: A Korero, NZ’d W Fox 1850; verso in pencil: 50; in ink: 57; on sketchbook mount: Negociation. Massacre Bay (now Golden Bay) abt 1850; on flypage of sketchbook in ink: Thomas Morland Hocken from Sir William Fox. Sir William…
On stone: Supplement to NZ Public … [lacunae] Saturday Nov.r 17th 1883. Nemo Me Impune Lacessit. Flagstaff. Silverpeaks. Mout Stoker. Licence. Cottesbrook. A lion in the path. Law versus lawyers or husbandmen v. warreners. Otago NZ November 8th…
Lower left (l.l.) in ink: 1848; on mount in ink: A Mintera of Salangore, Malay Peninsula; through image in pencil: A Mintera woman Salangore, Malay Peninsula
Through image in ink: Drawn by Thomas Tooi and given to George S. Bull and by him to Wm Greenwood. A New Zealand boat by Tooi; around edges of image vertically in ink: 12 inches. 7 inches.
Upper left (u.l.) - upper right (u.r.) in ink: A sketch of the Maoris’ position at Maungatautau on the Waikato River; l.l. in ink: the figures are supposed to be 1,000 yards from the main pah [location notes]; verso: [fragment of letter]
Lower left (l.l.) - lower right (l.r.) in pencil: 3. A stroll on the beach - M.t Egmont in the distance - 16 Feb.y 65 Daybreak after marching all Night Wanganui Campaign; on sketchbook mount: this is the only time I myself ever saw troops marching…
William Adams (1564-1620) was the first Englishman to reach Japan, arriving on a Dutch ship at Bungo (a principality containing present day Usuki City) in May 1600. After a summons by the Emperor at Osaka, imprisonment and interrogation, he was…
"Towering over all in the western distance, but too often concealed by clouds, the majestic Fusi-yama reared its conical summit" (Oliphant, 1859, v. II, p. 97).