New Zealand: Being a Narrative of Travels and Adventures ..., Lower Hutt in Lower Hutt, Wellington for sale

2 Vols, ,403; vi,441, plus errata and list of plates. 2 frontispieces, 4 plates, folding map, 7 text illustrations. Leather rubbed off at bottom of spine, map has old repairs, one short closed tear and some creasing on edges. Polack, member of a Jewish family with Australian connections, was in New Zealand between 1831 and 1837, firstly in Hokianga and then in the Bay of Islands. Much on journeys through Northland, particularly Kaipara, Waimamuku, Waipoua, the Bay of Plenty, East Coast, Uawa, Tolaga Bay, the missions, European land purchases and events of the 1830s. This book contains the first published reference on the extinct Moa. The frontispiece of volume 2 shows a whaling scene:"The North Cape New Zealand and Sperm Whale Fishery".
New Zealand: Being a Narrative of Travels and Adventures During a Residence in That Country Between The Years 1831 and 1837 (2 volume set) (J.S. Polack)
Author
J.S. Polack
Title
New Zealand: Being a Narrative of Travels and Adventures During a Residence in That Country Between The Years 1831 and 1837 (2 volume set)
Publisher name
Richard Bentley, London
Shipping time
2 - 4 days
Publication year
1838
Edition
First edition
Binding type
Hard cover
Listing condition
Used
Item condition
Good
Vendor name
Tinakori Books
Vendor rating
Topic
History, Australia&new Zealand, General
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