Published by Justus Perthes of Gotha, Germany in 1863, this map shows an area of Canterbury (now Westland) and Otago explored by Julius Haast, the German-born New Zealand explorer and geologist. Outside the frame on the bottom left hand corner of the map is written H. Habenicht del.  The bottom right hand corner has Lith. Anst v. C. Hellfarth in Gotha.  C. Hellfarth was a lithographic printer and print published from Gotha. The top left of the frame is written Petermann's Geographische Mittheilungen - this is a well-known German journal that set the standard in publishing the history of great expeditions and discoveries.  It could indicate this map was published in the journal. In the top right hand corner is written Jahrgang 1863, Tafel13 meaning 'the year 1863, table 13'.