Brighter Britain! (Volume 2 of 2): or Settler and Maori in Northern New ZealandHay, W. Delisle (William Delisle)
History
Brighter Britain! (Volume 2 of 2): or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand
Hay, W. Delisle (William Delisle)
Ethnology -- New Zealand; Māori (New Zealand people); New Zealand -- Description and travel
Lord Brougham. "The New Zealanders." Published in Knight's Library of
Entertaining Knowledge. London. 1830.
_Edited by Lord B. Compiled from all the data available at that time.
Contains the narrative of Rutherford, a sailor who lived among the
Maoris. Has very quaint woodcuts._
James Busby. "Our Colonial Empire, and the Case of New Zealand."
London. 1865.
_The writer was British Resident for a short while before colonization
in 1840. The book deals with governmental matters._
Rev. J. Berry. Narrative in "Constable's Miscellany." Vol. iv. London.
1820.
W. L. Buller, Sc.D. etc. "A History of the Birds of New Zealand."
London. 1873. Quarto. Coloured plates.
_The best and most complete work on New Zealand ornithology.
Handsomely illustrating 145 species._
W. L. Buller, Sc.D. etc. An Essay on the "Ornithology of New Zealand."
Published for the Commissioners of the New Zealand Exhibition. Dunedin.
1865.
Rev. Jas. Buller. "New Zealand, Past and Present." London. 1880.
_A short historical sketch._
Chambers' "Emigrants' Manual." Edinburgh. 1849.
_There have been more recent editions of this._
George T. Chapman. "Gazetteer of Auckland Province." Auckland. 1867.
G. T. Chapman. "The Traveller's Guide to New Zealand." Auckland. 1872.
G. T. Chapman. "The Circumnavigator. Cook Centenary." Auckland. 1870.
_This volume is a creditable performance for the young publishing
industries of the colony._
"A Chequered Career; or, Fifteen Years in Australia and New Zealand."
London. 1881.
_Amusing light reading._
The Church Missionary Society's Proceedings, Reports, and Publications.
From 1814 and after. London.
"Captain Cook's Voyages."
A. Clayden. "The England of the Pacific." London. 1879.
_Lectures, and letters furnished to the "Daily News." Illustrated._
An Old Colonist. "Colonial Experiences; or Incidents and Reminiscences
of Thirty-four Years in New Zealand." London. 1877.
_Some interesting details of early days in Wellington and Nelson._
J. C. Crawford. "Travels in New Zealand and Australia." London. 1880.
_Of slight interest._
Major Richard A. Cruise. "Ten Months' Residence in New Zealand."
London. 1823.
_He commanded a detachment sent in charge of convicts to Tasmania,
afterwards proceeding to New Zealand in the "Dromedary," which vessel
had been despatched by the British Government to cut spars of kauri
timber._
M. Crozet. "Nouveau Voyage à la Mer du Sud." Paris. 1805.
_Contains an account of the massacre of Marion du Fresne and his
people in 1772._
C. Darwin. "Voyage of a Naturalist." London. 1845.
E. Dieffenbach, M.D. "Travels in New Zealand." 2 vols. Illustrated.
London. 1843.
_This was considered the standard descriptive work until Dr.
Hochstetter's book appeared and superseded it._
Sir Charles W. Dilke. "Greater Britain. A Record of Travel in
English-speaking countries." London. 1868. 2 vols.
_He visited New Zealand, among other places._
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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