Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
Manners and customs of the New Zealanders : with notes corroborative of their habits, usages, etc., and remarks to intending emigrants, with numerous cuts drawn on wood
Primary Maker
Contributor/Publisher
J. Madden
Place
Date
1840
Physical Description
2 volumes (xxxiv, 288; xviii, 304 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits. ; 21 cm
Collection
Level of Current Record
Bib record
Member Object
Related Object Notes
MS-7 Johannes Carl Andersen - Papers
Subject Category
Provenance Details
Copies 16882 & 16883 have 'J Waymouth, 1869' handwritten in ink on the title page.
Copies 16884 & 16885 have 'J.J. Kinsey' stamped on the title pages. Copy 16884 has 'Johannes C. Andersen' handwritten in ink on the title page.
Public Access Text
Much detail but imperfectly understood, on a range of topics and of greater interest for the specific incidents and personalities encountered on the author's travels: De Thierry and the Catholic influence on the Maori, with appendices on natural history, timber, flax, etc; land-purchase and the evidence of the author and others before the House of Lords Select Committee--Bagnall, 4588.
Associated Notes
Collection Type
Reserve Collection
Copyright
All rights reserved
Last Update
19 Dec 2023
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