Journal of a ten months' residence in New Zealand (1820 / by Richard A. Cruise ; edited by A.G. Bagnall.
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| Language: | English |
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Christchurch, N.Z. :
Pegasus Press,
1957.
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| Item Description: | Captain Cruise was in charge of the military detachment on H.M.S. Dromedary which visited New Zealand in 1820 to load kauri spars. Cruise visited the Bay of Islands, Whangaroa, Hokianga, the Waitemata and the Thames and gives a unique account of the country and of Māori society in the inter-tribal war period. Cf. Bagnall. An army captain's observations of the country and Maori society during a visit to North Auckland, the Waitemata and Thames in 1820. "First published in 1823 by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, Paternoster-Row, London. Republished 1957 in an edition of 650 copies" -- T.p. verso. |
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| Physical Description: | 235 pages, 1 unnumbered pages of plates : portrait ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (page 227) and index. |