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New Zealand one hundred years ago : journal of a ten months' visit

documentary heritage
  • Other Name

    New Zealand 100 years ago (Alternate title)

  • 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.

  • Place
    Auckland, New Zealand
  • Other Id

    DU436.1 CRU (Library of Congress Call Number)

    5583 (Cat ID)

    C 4454 (DBTextworks system ID)

    50905 (Presto content ID)

  • Department

    Publications

Images and documents

Catalogue

  • Object Type

    book

  • Name/Title
    New Zealand one hundred years ago : journal of a ten months' visit
  • Other Name

    New Zealand 100 years ago (Alternate title)

  • Primary Maker

     Richard Cruise (Author)

  • Contributor/Publisher
    Brett Printing and Publishing
  • Place
    Auckland, New Zealand
  • Date
    1921
  • Physical Description

    162 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 20 cm

  • Collection
    K. M. Little Collection
  • Level of Current Record
    Bib record
  • Member Object

    3 items in this collection. View all items.

  • Subject Category

    Cruise, Richard A. (Richard Alexander), 1784?-1832--Travel/Library of Congress subject headings

    Dromedary (Ship)

  • Provenance Details
    Copy 080284 has 'KM Little' handwritten in ink on the inside front board.
    Copy 9269 has H.H. Jackson, Norton, 1921' handwritten in ink on the front flypaper. Same copy also has 'LB Chapple' handwritten on inside front board and a 'library' sticker of L.J.B. Chapple on the inside back board.
  • Public Access Text

    Originally published London : Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1823 as Journal of a ten months' residence in New Zealand. Maori spelling revised by Gilbert Mair and some abridgement and rearrangement of text.Cf. Bagnall.

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