Murihiku: : A History of the South Island of New Zealand and the Islands Adjacent and Lying to the South, from 1642 to 1835

Auteur(s) :

McNab, Robert

Résumé

Robert McNab (1864-1917), lawyer, politician, and historian, was one of the most prominent and influential of New Zealand's early intellectuals, renowned for his meticulous gathering of historical resources. The result of nine years of painstaking research, this book was developed from a series of articles on Southland history published in the newspaper Southern Standard in the late 1890s. Murihiku spans the history of European exploration and settlement in the South Island, from the voyages of Abel Tasman and Captain Cook to the arrival of the sealers, whalers, missionaries, and the early settlers in the years leading up the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840. The book was first published in 1905. After extensive research in archives in Australia, the USA, and Britain, McNab produced a more substantial edition in 1907. This third edition appeared in 1909. McNab was elected fellow of the Royal Geographical society in 1908. - Note de l'éditeur

Éditeur(s)
- Cambridge University Press
Date
- 2011
Langues
- Anglais
Description matérielle
- xiv, 499 p., : leaves of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 22 cm
Collections
- Cambridge library collection., History.
Sujet(s)
- Nouvelle-Zélande -- Histoire
Lieu
- Nouvelle-Zélande -- Histoire
ISBN
- 9781108039994
Indice
- 993 Histoire de la Nouvelle-Zélande
Origine de la notice:
- BPI