كتب مغامرة في نيوزيلندا
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مغامرة في نيوزيلندا (كتاب)
Book digitized by Google from the library of the University of Michigan and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
xx, 230 p., [16] p. of plates : 23 cm
Label mounted on t.p.: Transatlantic Arts, New York, sole distributor for the U.S.A
Reprint of the 1955 ed. published by Whitcombe and Tombs, London
Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction -- Historical note -- Beginnings -- Landfall at Cook Strait -- The New Zealand company buys Wellington -- Te Rauparaha -- A dangerous voyage : Taranaki and Hokianga -- Petone pioneers -- Journeys to Wanganui -- Life on a whaling station -- Sundry expeditions : some Wellington gossip -- A canoe voyage on the Wanganui river -- Pigs : lawlessness at Wanganui -- Wellington and Hobson -- By the river route to Taupo -- Progress and difficulties at Wanganui and Wellington -- First steps at Nelson : Wairarapa exploration : Manawatu and Wanganui -- Te Rauparaha makes trouble : Elections : Races : Puffers and grumblers -- New Plymouth interlude -- The Wairau massacre -- Wairau aftermath ; Governor Fitzroy -- Index
