Daniel Carlsson Solander
(Person)
Also known as: Daniel Charles Solander.
Botanist. Sailed with Cook's first expedition, 1768-1771.
Subject of Texts
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.jpg "Title Page of Dr Solander's Manuscript — Translated, this reads: — The First Fruits of the Flora of New Zealand — Or — Catalogue of Plants Collected in the North and South Islands — of New Zealand from 8th october to 31st March AD 1769 and — 1770 — ‘Eahei no Mauwe’ and ‘T'avai Poenammoo’ are Solander's (and Cook's) way of writing the Maori prases ‘he ahi no Maui’ (a fire of Maui) and ‘Te Wai-Pounamu’ (the water of greenstone). Cook adopted these names for the North and South Islands, though he stated he could not be sure whether they referred in each case to the whole island or to a district of it. Actually the Maoris called the North Island ‘Te Ika a Maui’ (Maui's fish) and the South Island ‘Te Waka a Maui’ (Maui's canoe)")
Mentioned in
- Botanical Discovery in New Zealand: The Visiting Botanists
- Eighteenth Century Science and the Voyages of Discovery
- Explorers of the Pacific: European and American Discoveries in Polynesia
- From Tasman To Marsden.
- Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.
- Murihiku: A History of the South Island of New Zealand and the Islands Adjacent and Lying to the South, from 1642 to 1835
- The Endeavour Journal of Joseph Banks 1768–1771 [Volume One]
- The Endeavour Journal of Joseph Banks 1768–1771 [Volume Two]
- The Life of Captain James Cook
- Tuatara: Volume 13, Issue 3, November 1965
Cited in
- The Life of Captain James Cook
- Tuatara: Volume 13, Issue 3, November 1965
