Captain Cook opened his secret orders when the observation of “The Transit of Venus” had been completed in Tahiti. Delighted with the request to search further into the unknown (unmapped) areas of the South Pacific he moved towards an area of land that had been reached by the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman. He knew the location of Tasman’s earlier sighting. He also read the accounts of “fearful and warlike local warriors”. James Cook’s map drawing skills (cartography) were clearly displayed the map produced from his circumnavigation of the two islands of the area that would eventually become known as “New Zealand”. However they were clearly not part of “The Great Unknown Southland”. Numerous landings from small boats provided the scientists opportunities to encounter, collect, detail and sketch the landscape and natural features of the area. Like Tasman, those on “The Endeavour” were generally not made welcome by the native Maoris. Find out what happened.
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