New Zealand - Being a Narrative of Travels Adventures During a Residence in That

Klappentext This 1838 publication is an eye-witness account! by a young British businessman! of New Zealand during the early colonial period. Zusammenfassung J. S. Polack (1807–82), businessman and land speculator, spent most of the 1830s in New Zealand. In this 1838 publication, still regarded as an important, impartial source, he records his experiences there, vividly describing the country's natural history, his encounters with the Maori, and his observations of their culture. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Progress of discovery in the South Seas; 2. Cook's second visit in the ships Resolution and Adventure; 3. Journey to Kaipárá; 4. Pursue our journey in a storm; 5. Continuation of our journey; 6. Transactions in the village; 7. Dismiss the canoe; 8. Harbours, and general description of the islands of New Zealand; 9. Climate; 10. Mineralogy; 11. Origin of the people; 12. Tattooing.

Product details

• Authors: J. S. Polack
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.11.2011
• EAN: 9781108039864
• ISBN: 978-1-108-03986-4
• No. of pages: 432
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - History of Oceania; New Zealand 2 Volume Set
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales; TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, TRAVEL / Australia & Oceania, HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Travel writing, Australasian & Pacific history, New Zealand, Australasian and Pacific history, New Zealand / Aotearoa