Heritage maps with Katrina Laan

In this episode we navigate heritage maps with maps librarian Katrina Laan. Katrina shares with us five of her favourite maps including the first printed map of the Pacific in 1601, a 1946 tourist map, the fabulous Thomas Wing’s map of the Kaipara Harbour 1835, early city fire insurance maps 1915 and we learn 'just what is a cadastral map'? Listen in to a lively discussion to learn more about these maps and more. You can read more here: https://heritageetal.blogspot.com/2026/03/awekura-maps.html And check out an earlier podcast on the Wings maps here: https://soundcloud.com/auckland-libraries/chart-of-kaipara-harbour-by-thomas-wing?in=auckland-libraries/sets/real-gold-treasures-of-the Links to Auckland Libraries Heritage Maps via Kura Heritage Collections online: https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/maps Maris Pacifici, 1601, Abraham Ortelius, Map 9588 https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/maps/id/9743/rec/1 Auckland and environs : sheet no.4., 1924, New Zealand Department of Lands and Survey, Map 77 https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/maps/id/1972/rec/2 Tourist map of New Zealand, 1946, New Zealand Government Tourist Department; Map 9091 https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/maps/id/9134/rec/1 Chart of the entrance to Kaipara Harbour, Captain Thomas Wing, January, 1836. Map 4613 https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/maps/id/1211/rec/3 Fire insurance maps, 1915, Council of Fire and Accident Underwriters' Association of New Zealand, Map 9128 https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/maps/id/9340/rec/1