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Edward Gibbon Wakefield (1796-1862) was a colonial advocate and
political theorist, who was influential in the early colonisation
of New Zealand and South Australia. Wakefield read widely on
contemporary economics and social questions, and his theory of
colonisation helped shape the British Empire. He formed the New
Zealand Association in 1837 to create a new colony in that country,
finally emigrating himself in 1852. His son, the editor of this
volume of letters, was appointed secretary of the first settler
expedition to New Zealand in 1839, and was elected political
representative for Canterbury in 1854. The letters in the volume,
published in 1868, which span the period 1847-50, trace the history
of the town of Canterbury from Wakefield senior's suggestion of
church-led settlement in the 1840s to its foundation in 1850-1. A
planned second volume was never published.
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.
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Title: Adventure in New Zealand, from 1839 to 1844: Publisher:
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British Library Wakefield, Edward Jerningham; 1845. 2 v.; 23 cm.
IOL.1947.a.246
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Title: Adventure in New Zealand, from 1839 to 1844: Publisher:
British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is
the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the
world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items
in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers,
sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its
collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial
additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating
back as far as 300 BC.The HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND &
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to British colonial heritage, Trans-Tasman history, resistance to
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Jerningham; 1845. 2 v.; 23 cm. IOL.1947.a.246
In Two Volumes. This scarce antiquarian book is included in our
special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more
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