Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
The Auckland Islands : a short account of their climate, soil, & productions ; and the advantages of establishing there a settlement at Port Ross for carrying on the southern whale fisheries
Other Name
[New Zealand pamphlets. Volume 2] -- parent record (Alternate title)
Primary Maker
Contributor/Publisher
Pelham Richardson, 23 Cornhill
Place
Date
1849
Physical Description
vi, 57 pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : map ; 22 cm
Language
English
Collection
Level of Current Record
Bib record
Member Object
Related Object Notes
MS-2000-5 Catalogue of the Mackelvie Collection of Books and Pamphlets
MUS-1995-38-86 Museum correspondence - Mackelvie, James Tannock
N5297 CAT Catalogue of the Mackelvie Collection for Auckland, New Zealand
Subject Category
Content
Introduction.
Description of the panoramic view.
A short account, etc. etc.
Map of Auckland Islands.
Appendix - "The Royal Charter which has been granted bears date the 16th of January, 1849, and incorporates the company by the title of the Southern Whale Fishery Company" [Appendix includes financial calculations for shareholders as well as a "Form of Application for Shares].
Public Access Text
[Keywords: Rare books--19th century; Auckland Islands (N.Z.)--Colonisation]
Digitised and available via the Early New Zealand Books website, see link in this record.
Associated Notes
Subject Notes
Charles Enderby (1798-1876) was one of three sons of Samuel Enderby Junior (1756-1829). Looking for a way to revive the firm's fortunes, Charles Enderby successfully petitioned for government backing to establish a settlement on the Auckland Islands 'for the purpose of the whale fishery, as a station at which to discharge the cargoes and refit vessels'. In 1846, Charles founded the Southern Whale Fishery Company in England. In December 1849, he established the Enderby Settlement in Erebus Cove, Port Ross, at the north-eastern end of Auckland Island, close to Enderby Island. This was the beginning of the community named Hardwicke. The Hardwicke settlement was based on agriculture, resupply and minor repair of ships, and whaling. However, the cold, damp climate and acid soils made agriculture impossible, and the eight whaling ships attached to the station caught very few whales. Ultimately unsuccessful, the colony was abandoned in August 1852.
Charles Enderby returned to London in 1853. The ill-fated Enderby Settlement finally bankrupted the Enderby family business, which was liquidated in 1854. He lived for a time in Northfleet in a house owned by friend and former whaling entrepreneur Thomas Sturge. Charles Enderby died in poverty in London on 31 August 1876.--Wikipedia, retrieved March 2020.
Collection Type
Reserve Collection
Copyright
All rights reserved
Last Update
19 Dec 2023
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