John Hawkesworth
c. 1715–1773
(Person)
Attorney, editor of the 'Account of the Voyages ... in the Southern Hemisphere'.
Mentioned in
- A Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas
- A Life of J. C. Beaglehole: New Zealand Scholar
- An Account of the Voyages undertaken by the order of His Present Majesty, for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour: Drawn from the Journals which were kept by the several Commanders, and from the Papers of Joseph Banks, Esq. [Vol. II]
- Cook the Writer
- Explorers of the Pacific: European and American Discoveries in Polynesia
- Letters and Art in New Zealand
- Moko; or Maori Tattooing
- The Discovery of New Zealand
- 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
Cited in
- Explorers of the Pacific: European and American Discoveries in Polynesia
- The Life of Captain James Cook
Image Gallery
.jpg "This view of an arched rock is described in Hawkesworth's account of Captain Cook's first voyage. The Maori is carrying a long bird-spear")
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- Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, which has entries for many prominent New Zealanders.
- Archives New Zealand, which has collections of maps, plans and posters; immigration passenger lists; and probate records.
- National Library of New Zealand, which has extensive collections of published material.
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, which has extensive holdings on the Auckland region and New Zealand military history.
- Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, which has strong holdings in Tāonga Māori, biological holotypes and New Zealand art.
- nzhistory.net.nz, from the History Group of the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.