2-798-631 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Kororarika Beach, Bay of Islands, New Zealand, 1845. View of '...Kororarika Beach, the principal residence of the Europeans at the Bay of Islands, from the time of its discovery by Captain Cook, who named it from the great number of islands with which it is studded: here ships of the largest burden can approach within half a mile of the shore; and the water is always smooth'. From "Illustrated London News", 1845, Vol VII.