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 1. Cannibalism of the New Zealanders; 2. European ammunition; 3. Native presents; 4. Adventures in Tolaga Bay; 5. Establishment of the Church Missionary Society; 6. Biographical notices of E'Ongi; 7. Land purchased by European settlers; 8. Religion and devout feelings of the New Zealanders; 9. Prohibition of tápu; 10. Decrease of the flax trade; 11. On colonization; Errata.

Product details

• Authors: J. S. Polack
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.11.2011
• EAN: 9781108039871
• ISBN: 978-1-108-03987-1
• No. of pages: 460
• 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