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Chapman's centenary memorial of Captain Cook's description of New Zealand one hundred years ago

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  • Description

    A condensed account of the three voyages, preceded by Tasman's discovery, a short biography, and an extract from Capt. Cruise, who first entered the Waitemata in the schooner "Prince Regent"."-- Bibliography of NZ Literature / Hocken, p. 266.

  • Place
    Auckland, New Zealand
  • Other Id

    G926.C66 CHA 1870 (Library of Congress Call Number)

    DU406 CHA (Library of Congress Call Number)

    13101 (Cat ID)

    C 14168 (DBTextworks system ID)

    3448 (Presto content ID)

  • Department

    Publications

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  • Object Type

    book

  • Name/Title
    Chapman's centenary memorial of Captain Cook's description of New Zealand one hundred years ago
  • Primary Maker

    Geo. Chapman

    James Cook

  • Contributor/Publisher
    Geo. T. Chapman, Publisher
  • Place
    Auckland, New Zealand
  • Date
    1870
  • Physical Description

    xx, 164 pages, 6 unnumbered pages : illustrations, facsimile, maps ; 25 cm

  • Language
    English
  • Level of Current Record
    Bib record
  • Member Object

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  • Subject Category

    Voyages around the world

    Cook, James, 1728-1779/Library of Congress subject headings

    New Zealand--Discovery and exploration

  • Provenance Details
    Copy 16871 "Presented to Mr Edwin Tremain a mark of respect by an old fellow workman[?] 26th may 1870"
  • Content
    "Reprint of Cook's charts of New Zealand, Mercury Bay, Bay of Islands, Cook Strait, and Tolaga Bay, with 27 descriptive illustrations and facsimile of Cook's handwriting.
  • Public Access Text

    [Keywords: Oceania - Discovery and exploration]

    Includes index. AWMM copy no. 31826 is a working annotated pre-publication copy, without illustrations, but containing handwritten letters, notes, drawings and news clippings.

  • Associated Notes

    Digitised version of annotated AWMM Library copy 31826 available to read online in pdf format

  • Collection Type
    General Collection
    Reserve Collection
  • Copyright
    All rights reserved
  • Last Update
    19 Dec 2023

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