Motuara Island is a scenic and historical reserve that lies at the entrance to Tōtaranui / Queen Charlotte Sound. It is notable for the actions of James Cook. During HMS Endeavour's stay at nearby Meretoto / Ship Cove, Cook climbed to the summit of Motuara, and formally (and controversially) claimed it and the adjacent lands in the name of and for the use of the sovereign of the British Empire. The island is 59 hectares (150 acres) in size. Motu means island and ara is a path; hence, Motuara literally means the island in the path (of the canoes).
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- Île Motuara (fr)
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| - Motuara Island ist eine Insel im Queen Charlotte Sound im Norden der Südinsel von Neuseeland. (de)
- Motuara Island is a scenic and historical reserve that lies at the entrance to Tōtaranui / Queen Charlotte Sound. It is notable for the actions of James Cook. During HMS Endeavour's stay at nearby Meretoto / Ship Cove, Cook climbed to the summit of Motuara, and formally (and controversially) claimed it and the adjacent lands in the name of and for the use of the sovereign of the British Empire. The island is 59 hectares (150 acres) in size. Motu means island and ara is a path; hence, Motuara literally means the island in the path (of the canoes). (en)
- L'île Motuara est un îlot des Marlborough Sounds, situé à l'embouchure de la baie de Tōtaranui, au nord-ouest de l'île Arapaoa. Inhabitée, elle constitue une réserve de faune, notamment pour ses populations endémiques d'oiseaux. Elle a également une importance assez grande dans l'histoire de la Nouvelle-Zélande, car c'est sur cette île que James Cook proclame le 31 janvier 1770 la souveraineté britannique sur l'Île du Sud. (fr)
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| - The wooden lookout tower on the summit of Motuara Island, near to where, in 1770, Captain Cook proclaimed British sovereignty over Queen Charlotte Sound (en)
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| - Cook's Descriptions of Places (en)
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- The inhabitants of this place invited us ashore with their usual Marks of Friendship, and shew'd us all over the place; which indeed was soon done, for it was very small, yet it contain'd a good number of people, and they had in it, Split and hanging up to dry, a prodidgious quantity of various sorts of small fish, a part of which they sold to us for such Trifles as we had about us. (en)
- You are also with the Consent of the Natives to take Possession of Convenient Situations in the Country in the Name of the King of Great Britain: Or: if you find the Country uninhabited take Possession for his Majesty by setting up Proper Marks and Inscriptions, as first discoverers and possessors (en)
- … we found almost in a state of nature, having been wholly neglected by the inhabitants. Nevertheless, many articles were in a flourishing condition, and shewed how well they liked the soil in which they were planted (en)
- … they leive desperse'd along the Shore in search of their daly bread which is fish and firn roots for they cultivate not no part of the lands… This people are poor when compared to many we have seen and their Canoes are mean and without orament, the little traffick we had with them was wholy for fish for we saw little else they had to o dispose of, they seem'd to have some knowlidge of Iron for they very readily took Nails in exchange for fish (en)
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| - Cook's Journal: Daily Entries (en)
- Cook's secret orders (en)
- A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World Volume 2 (en)
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| - Motuara Island ist eine Insel im Queen Charlotte Sound im Norden der Südinsel von Neuseeland. (de)
- Motuara Island is a scenic and historical reserve that lies at the entrance to Tōtaranui / Queen Charlotte Sound. It is notable for the actions of James Cook. During HMS Endeavour's stay at nearby Meretoto / Ship Cove, Cook climbed to the summit of Motuara, and formally (and controversially) claimed it and the adjacent lands in the name of and for the use of the sovereign of the British Empire. The island is 59 hectares (150 acres) in size. Motu means island and ara is a path; hence, Motuara literally means the island in the path (of the canoes). (en)
- L'île Motuara est un îlot des Marlborough Sounds, situé à l'embouchure de la baie de Tōtaranui, au nord-ouest de l'île Arapaoa. Inhabitée, elle constitue une réserve de faune, notamment pour ses populations endémiques d'oiseaux. Elle a également une importance assez grande dans l'histoire de la Nouvelle-Zélande, car c'est sur cette île que James Cook proclame le 31 janvier 1770 la souveraineté britannique sur l'Île du Sud. (fr)
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