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Early New Zealand Botanical Art
Three months stay in Tasmania, a visit to Sydney, then a three-month say in New Zealand, a trip to the Falklands and another visit to the Ice Barrier
Three months stay in Tasmania, a visit to Sydney, then a three-month say in New Zealand, a trip to the Falklands and another visit to the Ice Barrier
The Erebus and Terror then returned to Tasmania.
The ships reached Paihia in the Bay of Islands on 16 August 1841. There Hooker met William Colenso (1811-99), printer, missionary, school inspector and botanist. Colenso was of considerable help to Hooker in his botanical trips and himself benefited from Joseph's advice and encouragement. Joseph named Colensoa physaloides after him, but this plant is now known as Pratia physaloides (Plate 29). The expedition remained in the Bay of Islands throughout their New Zealand visit, and a considerable amount of time was spent in obtaining suitable spars for the ships. Just before they left New Zealand, Joseph received a letter from his father informing him of his appointment to Kew, a fact that Joseph had read in a newspaper in Sydney three months before. Ross and his crews then went south to the Chatham Islands and on to the pack ice, where they struggled for forty-six days to get clear of it. Both ships were damaged, not only by ice, for they collided and were locked together for a time. The Terror was in the worst condition, for a fire broke out and was only extinguished by partly flooding the hold. Eventually they reached the Falkland Islands in April 1842.