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Framed Print of An Exploring Party on the West Coast of New Zealand: floating down the River Teramakau, 1865. Creator: Unknown
An Exploring Party on the West Coast of New Zealand: floating down the River Teramakau, 1865. Engraving from a sketch by Albert Walker. The west coast of the Middle Island of New Zealand, where the most recently discovered gold-fields have attracted within the last twelvemonth a population of ten or twelve thousand persons, was an almost unknown region in the early part of the year 1863. We...[followed] the course of the Teramakau...here the river enters a very narrow sort of gorge, the banks being nearly perpendicular, from 30 ft. to 80 ft. high, and the river running with great rapidity. As there was no room on either side to follow the stream on foot we were here obliged to construct a mohiki, on which to float down the river. We had first to collect a quantity of the flax flower-stalks...We cut sufficient of these to make about twenty-five bundles...Our next step was to place a number of these bundles side by side, tying them strongly with flax. Thus we had a sort of raft...We again made two more of these rafts, and placing them on the first one we lashed all three strongly together...With this hastily-built contrivance we descended the gorge, carried along by the swift and rapid current to the sea - a distance of twelve miles'. From Illustrated London News, 1865. Heritage Images features heritage image collections. © The Print Collector/Heritage Images
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Media ID 38686569
Colony Explorer Explorers Gorge Makeshift New Zealand Paddling Raft Rafts
Modern Frame 14"x12" (36x31cm)
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Wood effect frame, card mounted, 10x8 fade resistant photo print. Overall outside dimensions 14x12 inches (36x31cm). Environmentally and ozone friendly, 40mm wide x 15mm Polycore® moulding has the look of real wood, is durable and light and easy to hang. Biodegradable and made with non-chlorinated gases (no toxic fumes) it is efficient; producing 100 tons of polystyrene can save 300 tons of trees! Prints are glazed with lightweight, shatterproof, optical clarity acrylic (providing the same general protection from the environment as glass). The back is stapled hardboard with a sawtooth hanger attached. Note: measurements provided are estimated outer dimensions, which include both the image and the frame. While we aim to keep sizing consistent, exact dimensions may vary slightly due to differences in print size or production requirements, which may result in a variation in the overall size (up to approximately 2.5cm (1"))
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Estimated Image Size (if not cropped) is 24.4cm x 16.7cm (9.6" x 6.6")
Estimated Product Size is 36cm x 31cm (14.2" x 12.2")
