Outlying Islands

Antique Views of Auckland Island, Chatham Island & Stewart Island

This category presents original antique views and prints of the southern New Zealand-associated islands of Auckland Island, Chatham Island and Stewart Island. These remote island landscapes attracted early explorers and navigators charting the far reaches of the Pacific, and their visual representation in print reflects both geographic isolation and natural beauty.

Many of the views derive from sketches made during scientific expeditions, sealers’ voyages or naval surveys in the late 18th and 19th centuries, later reproduced as engravings or lithographs in atlases and travel narratives. These prints often focus on rugged coastlines, anchorage approaches, sea-swept terrain and isolated settlements, offering rare visual evidence of regions that were among the last to be systematically mapped.

Antique views of Auckland Island, Chatham Island and Stewart Island are valued for their historical significance, scenic complexity and rarity. As original works on paper, they provide collectors and historians with insight into early charting and the visual documentation of some of the Pacific’s most remote landscapes.