Cruise, Richard A.  1784?-1832, <br/><br/>
Journal of a ten months' residence in New Zealand (1820 / 
 Journal of a ten months' residence in New Zealand (eighteen twenty  Journal of a 10 months' residence in New Zealand (1820  Cruise's journal 
by Richard A. Cruise ; edited by A.G. Bagnall. 
 - 235 pages, 1 unnumbered pages of plates :  portrait ;  23 cm 
<br/><br/> Captain Cruise was in charge of the military detachment on H.M.S. Dromedary which visited New Zealand in 1820 to load kauri spars. Cruise visited the Bay of Islands, Whangaroa, Hokianga, the Waitemata and the Thames and gives a unique account of the country and of Māori society in the inter-tribal war period. Cf. Bagnall.  An army captain's observations of the country and Maori society during a visit to North Auckland, the Waitemata and Thames in 1820.  "First published in 1823 by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, Paternoster-Row, London. Republished 1957 in an edition of 650 copies" -- T.p. verso. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (page 227) and index. 
<br/><br/> Bagnall,  C1821 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Cruise, Richard A. 1784?-1832 --Travel.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Dromedary (Ship)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Māori (New Zealand people)--Social life and customs
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>New Zealand--Description and travel<br/>New Zealand--History--To 1840
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>993.01