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'I have named it the Bay of Islands ...'

documentary heritage
  • Description

    "On 7 December 1769 Lieutenant James Cook sailed away from this bay, having duly recorded its newly acquired name on the chart he had made during the preceding week ... Within 75 years, the Bay of Islands was to become a focal point in the Pacific for trade and industry, as well as for every sort of commercial chicanery, land-jobbing and general lawlessness.

    Subject to a curious experiment in civil government and intensive missionary enterprise, within a short time these events would lead to open war, eventually eroding and destroying the ancient pattern of life of the proud people Cook had originally found there"--Introduction.

  • Place
  • Other Id

    DU436.112 LEE (Library of Congress Call Number)

    20360 (Cat ID)

    14433 (DBTextworks system ID)

    11510 (Presto content ID)

  • Department

Images and documents

Catalogue

  • Object Type
  • Name/Title
    'I have named it the Bay of Islands ...'
  • Primary Maker

     Jack Lee (Author)

  • Contributor/Publisher
    Hodder & Stoughton
  • Place
  • Date
    1983
  • Physical Description

    328 pages : illustrations, genealogical tables, maps, portraits ; 22 cm

  • ISBN/ISSN
    0340338784
  • Level of Current Record
    Bib record
  • Member Object

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  • Subject Category
  • Content
    Lieutenant James Cook -- Marion du Fresne -- Early contacts -- Tribal movements at 1800 -- Maori adventurers -- Prelude to the Boyd massacre -- The Boyd and its aftermath -- Mission settlement at Oihi -- Southseamen and missionaries -- The tribal wars and the missionaries -- Inland exploration -- Troubles and changes in the Mission -- Kororareka -- The last years of Hongi Hika and their aftermath -- The transition period -- The pace quickens -- Disorder and confusion -- Choas -- Climax -- Stagnation -- War.
    Appendix 1 : Northern Maori genealogies : pages 275-288.
    Appendix 2 : Te Iwi Nga-Puhi : pages 289-291.
    Appendix 3 : Nga Hapu O Te Iwi Nga-Puhi : pages 291-296.
    Appendix 4 : Old land claims at the Bay of Islands : pages 296-301.
  • Public Access Text

    Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-313) and index.

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

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