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The voyagers : remarkable European explorations of New Zealand / Paul Moon.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Auckland : Penguin, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Description: 251 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780143570554
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 993.01 23
Contents:
Part one: Soldiers and sailors -- Part two: Travellers and settlers -- Part three: Missionaries -- Part four: Artists -- Part five: Officials -- --
Part one: Soldiers and sailors -- 1. John Savage: surgeon / army captain -- 2. Richard Cruise: army major -- 3. Jules Dumont d'Urville: naval commander -- 4. William Marshall: naval surgeon -- 5. Henry McKillop: naval lieutenant -- 6. Francis Mackenzie: army lieutenant -- -- Part two: Travellers and settlers -- 7. John Nicholas: landowner / traveller -- 8. Thomas Shepherd: nurseryman -- 9. Joel Polack: merchant -- 10. John Bidwill: botanist -- 11. Ernst Dieffenbach: geologist -- 12. Edward Jerningham Wakefield: settler -- -- Part three: Missionaries -- 13. Samuel Marsden: Anglican priest -- 14. William Wade: Anglican priest -- 15. Henry Williams: Anglican priest -- 16. William Colenso: missionary / printer -- -- Part four: Artists -- 17. Augustus Earle: artist / adventurer -- 18. Charles Heaphy: artist / explorer -- 19. George French Angas: artist / explorer -- -- Part five: Officials -- 20. Edward Shortland: Sub-protector of Aborigines -- 21. George Cooper: assistant private secretary -- 22. Ferdinand von Hochstetter: geologist.
Summary: "Ocean adventures, cross-country trekking, imperial and spiritual conquests, first contacts with Māori, artists seeking the 'sublime', scientific discovery and commercial pursuits all intertwine to form a fascinating portrait of a land undergoing immense change. Jules Dumont d'Urville, Samuel Marsden, Ferdinand von Hochstetter and Charles Heaphy complement an array of lesser known but no less intrepid explorers - soldiers and sailors, travellers and settlers, missionaries, artists and officials - all of whom ventured from their homelands in search of new horizons"--Publisher information.
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Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 993.01 MOO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A528848B

Part one: Soldiers and sailors -- Part two: Travellers and settlers -- Part three: Missionaries -- Part four: Artists -- Part five: Officials -- --

Part one: Soldiers and sailors -- 1. John Savage: surgeon / army captain -- 2. Richard Cruise: army major -- 3. Jules Dumont d'Urville: naval commander -- 4. William Marshall: naval surgeon -- 5. Henry McKillop: naval lieutenant -- 6. Francis Mackenzie: army lieutenant -- -- Part two: Travellers and settlers -- 7. John Nicholas: landowner / traveller -- 8. Thomas Shepherd: nurseryman -- 9. Joel Polack: merchant -- 10. John Bidwill: botanist -- 11. Ernst Dieffenbach: geologist -- 12. Edward Jerningham Wakefield: settler -- -- Part three: Missionaries -- 13. Samuel Marsden: Anglican priest -- 14. William Wade: Anglican priest -- 15. Henry Williams: Anglican priest -- 16. William Colenso: missionary / printer -- -- Part four: Artists -- 17. Augustus Earle: artist / adventurer -- 18. Charles Heaphy: artist / explorer -- 19. George French Angas: artist / explorer -- -- Part five: Officials -- 20. Edward Shortland: Sub-protector of Aborigines -- 21. George Cooper: assistant private secretary -- 22. Ferdinand von Hochstetter: geologist.

"Ocean adventures, cross-country trekking, imperial and spiritual conquests, first contacts with Māori, artists seeking the 'sublime', scientific discovery and commercial pursuits all intertwine to form a fascinating portrait of a land undergoing immense change. Jules Dumont d'Urville, Samuel Marsden, Ferdinand von Hochstetter and Charles Heaphy complement an array of lesser known but no less intrepid explorers - soldiers and sailors, travellers and settlers, missionaries, artists and officials - all of whom ventured from their homelands in search of new horizons"--Publisher information.

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