Recollections of Travel in New Zealand and Australia

Klappentext First published in 1880, this fascinating account describes the experiences of geologist James Coutts Crawford in New Zealand and Australia. Zusammenfassung Including illustrations! maps and an account of what it was like to be set upon by bush-rangers in the early nineteenth century! this book! first published in 1880! charts some of the adventures! mishaps and day-to-day anecdotes of James Coutts Crawford's travels in New Zealand and Australia. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Overland journey from Sydney to Adelaide in the years 1838-9; First arrival in New Zealand; To Queen Charlotte's Sound; Across the Straits and back; First settlement at Wellington; A voyage to Sydney; A ride from Wellington to the Manawatu; A voyage to England; Return to New Zealand in 1846; A walk to the Wairarapa; A trip to Taranaki; Journey to the Whanganui; On the Whanganui River; On the Whanganui River continued; To Lake Taupo and back; Topini; Return to Whanganui; Up the Manawatu River; A journey from the Upper Hutt to Waikanae; Excursion from Whanganui to the Waitotara district; Journey to explore the main range of Tararua; Journey to the northern peninsula of the Auckland province; Up the Waikato and Waipa; A visit to Lake Coleridge; Two nights at Motunau; A visit to the Hurunui Lakes; Journey from Christchurch to Dunedin; From Dunedin to Lake Wakatipu and Invercargill; Invercargill and thence to Dunedin; Excursion to Tuapeka with Dr Hector; Havelock and the Pelorus Sound; A journey from New Zealand to Tasmania and Australia; New Zealand politics; The Maori language, its orthography compared; A chapter on geology; On the origin, character, and religion of the Maori race; New Zealand considered physically and agriculturally; Voyage from New Zealand to England via America; The conquests of Great Britain and the British race.

Product details

• Authors: James Coutts Crawford, Crawford James Coutts
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.11.2011
• EAN: 9781108039390
• ISBN: 978-1-108-03939-0
• No. of pages: 504
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - History of Oceania
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, South Australia, TRAVEL / Australia & Oceania, HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Australasian & Pacific history, New Zealand, Classic Travel Writing, Australasian and Pacific history, New Zealand / Aotearoa