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{{Information |Description=Blank vector map of New Zealand. |Source=self-made |Date= |Author= Antigoni |Permission= |other_versions= }} Category:Maps of New Zealand File usage No pages on the English Wikipedia use this file (pages on other projects are not listed).
The cartography of New Zealand is the history of surveying and creation of maps of New Zealand. Surveying in New Zealand began with the arrival of Abel Tasman in the mid 17th century. [ 1 ] Cartography and surveying have developed in incremental steps since that time till the integration of New Zealand into a global system based on GPS and the ...
New Zealand has been excluded from maps at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. in the United States, in IKEA stores, on the map of the board games Pandemic [4] and Risk, on the map of the 2014 Nuclear Security Summit in which Prime Minister of New Zealand John Key participated, at a world map seal at the United Nations ...
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Most of Wilkinson's maps were derived from English map publisher John Bowles. Following Bowles' death in 1779, Wilkinson acquired the Bowles map plate library, after which he updated the plates until 1794, when he released The General Atlas of the World. This atlas was reissued several times, in 1802 and 1809, before Wilkinson's death in 1825. [1]
GNS publishes a Map of New Zealand's Geological Foundations. [3] The main maps are the 1 : 250 000 QMap series, which will be completed as a series of 21 maps and booklets in 2010. [needs update] Low resolution versions of these maps (without the associated booklet) can be downloaded from the GNS site for free. [4]
The location of New Zealand on a globe. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to New Zealand: . New Zealand is an island country located in the western South Pacific Ocean comprising two large islands, the North Island and the South Island, and numerous smaller islands, most notably Stewart Island / Rakiura and the Chatham Islands. [1]
British explorer James Cook, who reached New Zealand in October 1769 on the first of his three voyages, was the first European to circumnavigate and map New Zealand. [2] From the late 18th century, the country was regularly visited by explorers and other sailors, missionaries , traders and adventurers.