Young Nics Head

[Bellbird]

Captain James Cook discovered New Zealand in 1769. Nicolas Young (Young Nic) ships boy, was the first to spot the land.

"Ship’s boy Nicholas Young received a gallon of rum and had a headland named after him for being the first aboard HMB Endeavour to spot land in the south-west Pacific.
The bark’s captain, Lieutenant James Cook, recorded in his journal that ‘at 2 p.m. saw land from the mast head bearing W by N, which we stood directly for, and could but just see it of the deck at sun set."..........
My hometown of Gisborne , Waikanae Beach, Young Nicks Head in the background.

 

[RadishRose]

"Ship’s boy Nicholas Young received a gallon of rum and had a headland named after him for being the first aboard HMB Endeavour to spot land in the south-west Pacific.
The bark’s captain, Lieutenant James Cook, recorded in his journal that ‘at 2 p.m. saw land from the mast head bearing W by N, which we stood directly for, and could but just see it of the deck at sun set."..........
My hometown of Gisborne , Waikanae Beach, Young Nicks Head in the background.View attachment 196374

So cool @Bellbird! Thanks for sharing.