Murihiku - A History of South Island of New Zealand Islands Adjacent Lying to

Klappentext The third! 1909 edition of McNab's influential 1905 history of European contact with New Zealand's South Island before 1840. Zusammenfassung Written by the influential New Zealand historian Robert McNab (1864–1917), this book, originally published in 1905, describes European exploration and settlement of the South Island from the early voyages of Cook and Tasman to the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840. This third, expanded edition appeared in 1909. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Discovery by Tasman, 1642; 2. Cook explores, 1770; 3. Cook's second visit, 1773; 4. Cook's third and fourth visits, 1773-4; 5. Cook's last visit, La Perouse and Bligh, 1776 to 1788; 6. Vancouver's visit, 1791; 7. First sealing gang, 1792; 8. Malaspina visits Doubtful Sound, 1793; 9. Wreck of the Endeavour, 1795; 10. Bass and his monopoly, 1801 to 1803; 11. First sealers arrive, 1803 to 1805; 12. The Sealing Islands, 1804 to 1808; 13. Stewart Island exploited, 1809-10; 14. Marquarie Island trade, 1810 to 1820; 15. The flax trade, 1813-14; 16. Sailing experiences, 1808 to 1820; 17. Bellingshausen at Queen Charlotte Sound, 1820; 18. Trade of the early twenties; 19. The far south, 1820 to 1830; 20. The General Gates, 1819 to 1824; 21. Cruise of the Snapper, 1822 to 1823; 22. The natives, 1823; 23. First coastal description, 1823; 24. The later twenties; 25. Colonization schemes, 1825 to 1827; 26. Discovery of the French Pass, 1827; 27. Cook Strait and vicinity, 1830 to 1833; 28. Foveaux Strait, 1830 to 1835; 29. Otago Whaling Station, 1831 to 1835; 30. Cook Strait, 1834; 31. Cook Strait and Chatham Island, 1835; Index.

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• Authors: Robert McNab, McNab Robert
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.11.2011
• EAN: 9781108039994
• ISBN: 978-1-108-03999-4
• No. of pages: 550
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - History of Oceania
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Australasian & Pacific history, New Zealand, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, Australasian and Pacific history, New Zealand / Aotearoa