Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch
This painting (right panel), is part of a tryptich exhibited at the Museo del Prado, Madrid
Ghost of Stephen Foster by Squirrel Nut Zippers
An Animated Cartoon...
He wrote more than 200 songs!
HowLing Mouse!?
This mouse is endemic to Mexico and the USA.
It also hunts its prey like a cat, sneaking up quietly, and defends its territory by howling.
The grasshopper mouse is known to be immune to the venoms released by scorpions and snakes.
New ZeaLand´s Tui Bird by Marianne North
Fishbone Tree and the Parson Bird
It appears in the 5 Dollar BankNote.
It is an endemic bird, known as Tui in Maori.
Tui bird´s diet consists mainly of nectar, but it eats also fruit, insects, pollen and nuts.
It appears in the 5 Dollar BankNote.
It is an endemic bird, known as Tui in Maori.
ALL Black´s Haka + Translation: New ZeaLand´s Rugby Team
New Zealand national rugby union team, officially nicknamed the All Blacks, represents the country's national sport.
Here is the Haka´s Translation
Flora of New ZeaLand: Kauri
The kauri, is a coniferous tree found north of 38°S in the north of New Zealand's North Island.
It is the largest species of tree in the country, standing up to 50m tall in the emergent layer above the forest's main canopy.
Drawing by Terrie Reddish
It is the largest species of tree in the country, standing up to 50m tall in the emergent layer above the forest's main canopy.
Drawing by Terrie Reddish
Kauri are amongst the most ancient trees in the world and they have developed a unique niche in the forest.
The Great Kauri Tree "Tane Mahuta"
Height - 120 - 200 feet
Diameter - 4 - 20 feet
Diameter - 4 - 20 feet
Clianthus or Kakabeak
This plants are also named Parrot’s Beak, Parrot’s Bill and Lobster Claw, is a plant native to New Zealand. There are two species: Clianthus puniceus and the endangered Clianthus maximus.
Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander collected specimens in 1769 at Tologa Bay during Captain James Cook’s first Pacific voyage on the Endeavour.
Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander collected specimens in 1769 at Tologa Bay during Captain James Cook’s first Pacific voyage on the Endeavour.
They have groups of red flowers which look like the beak of the Kaka, a New Zealand parrot. There is also a variety with white to creamy coloured flowers.
James Cook and the Mapping of New Zealand
In 1769, English Royal Navy Captain James Cook, sailed to the South Pacific in search of the continent of Terra Australis.
In the second part of this voyage he mapped the complete coastline of New Zealand with only minor errors.
New Zealand celebrated the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1940.
The one-penny stamp showed Captain Cook, his ship the Endeavour and his map.
In the second part of this voyage he mapped the complete coastline of New Zealand with only minor errors.
New Zealand celebrated the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1940.
The one-penny stamp showed Captain Cook, his ship the Endeavour and his map.
A New ZeaLand Chief, 1769
The artist Sydney Parkinson, who travelled with captain James Cook on the Endeavour, made this portrait of ‘the head of a chief of New Zealand, with his face "tataow’d".
The chief has a full facial moko (tattoo), a greenstone tiki around his neck, an ear pendant and a comb in his topknot.
The chief has a full facial moko (tattoo), a greenstone tiki around his neck, an ear pendant and a comb in his topknot.
John Webber: An Englishman in the South Seas, 1788
Captain James Cook anchored at Ship Cove, in Queen Charlotte Sound during each of his three visits to New Zealand.
Maori Legends for Young New Zealanders
http://www.childrenslibrary.org/icdl/BookReader?bookid=matmaor_00200026&twoPage=false&route=oceania&size=0&fullscreen=false&pnum1=1&lang=English&ilang=English
CLicK above to Read 11 bEaUtifully illustrated legends
CLicK above to Read 11 bEaUtifully illustrated legends
Legends of the Maori
http://www.childrenslibrary.org/icdl/BookPreview?bookid=___lege_00200010&route=simple&lang=English&ilang=English
cLicK above to rEad 16 bEaUtiful legends for children 9-10 yEar OLd
cLicK above to rEad 16 bEaUtiful legends for children 9-10 yEar OLd