Adventure in New Zealand from 1839 to 1844 - With Some Account of the Beginning of the British Colonization of the Islands (Paperback)

Edward Jerningham Wakefield (1820 1876) was the son of Edward Gibbon Wakefield (1796 1862), who was the driving force behind the early colonization of New Zealand and South Australia, founding the New Zealand Association in 1837 with the aim of creating a colony in that country. His son was appointed secretary of the first settler expedition to New Zealand in 1839, and remained in the colony until 1844. This volume, edited by Sir Robert Stout and first published in 1908, contains Wakefield's account of his stay in New Zealand. He describes in detail the social conditions during the founding of the colony and its explorations in New Zealand, and includes detailed first-hand ethnographic information concerning the Maori tribes the expedition encountered. This volume provides a valuable and fascinating insight into the society and development of one of the earliest colonies of New Zealand.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Library Collection - History of Oceania
Release date:	December 2010
First published:	October 2010
Authors:	Edward Jerningham Wakefield
Editors:	Sir Robert Stout
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 45mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	806
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-02406-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > Australasian & Pacific history > General Books > History > Australasian & Pacific history > General
LSN:	1-108-02406-8
Barcode:	9781108024068

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