Tribal guns and tribal gunners : the story of Māori artillery in 19th century New Zealand / Trevor Bentley.

By:

Bentley, Trevor [author.]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781877427527
1877427527

Subject(s): DDC classification:

993.01 23

Contents:

Introduction -- 1. Acquiring the great guns -- 2. Assimilating the great guns -- 3. Tribal guns -- 4. Tribal gunners -- 5. Hongi Hika's Whangaroa campaign -- 6. Te Haramiti's Bay of Plenty campaign -- 7. Tītore's campaign to Tauranga -- 8. Ururoa crosses the Kaimais -- 9. The siege of Otāka Pā, Taranaki -- 10. The Ngāi Tāhu campaigns -- 11. The fortress guns -- 12. The great guns lost and found -- Conclusion.

Summary: "Set during the bloody intertribal Musket Wars (1818-1839) and the Anglo-Māori New Zealand Wars (1845-46 and 1860-1872), this book reveals a hitherto unknown dimension of this country's military history. It brings to light the various ways Māori acquired, mastered and deployed ships artillery, ceremonially in times of peace, and as instruments of destruction in offensive and defensive warfare. It resurrects or reconstructs long forgotten accounts of tribal artillery pieces, artillerymen and artillery battles, whose details were known throughout old tribal New Zealand"--Publisher information.

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Book	City Campus City Campus Main Collection	993.01 BEN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		A528648B
Book	City Campus City Campus Main Collection	993.01 BEN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		A528647B

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"Set during the bloody intertribal Musket Wars (1818-1839) and the Anglo-Māori New Zealand Wars (1845-46 and 1860-1872), this book reveals a hitherto unknown dimension of this country's military history. It brings to light the various ways Māori acquired, mastered and deployed ships artillery, ceremonially in times of peace, and as instruments of destruction in offensive and defensive warfare. It resurrects or reconstructs long forgotten accounts of tribal artillery pieces, artillerymen and artillery battles, whose details were known throughout old tribal New Zealand"--Publisher information.

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