First encounters : New Zealand 1642-1840 / edited by Gordon Ell and Sarah Ell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ell, Gordon, editor.

Ell, Sarah, editor.

Series:

NZ series

The NZ Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Māori (New Zealand people)--First contact with other peoples--Juvenile literature.

Māori (New Zealand people).

Māori (New Zealand people)--First contact with other peoples.

Māori (New Zealand people)--First contact with other peoples--Sources.

History.

Maori (New Zealand people)--First contact with other peoples--Juvenile literature.

Maori (New Zealand people).

Maori (New Zealand people)--First contact with other peoples--Sources.

New Zealand--History--To 1840--Juvenile literature.

New Zealand.

New Zealand--History--To 1840--Sources.

Genre:

History.

Juvenile works.

Sources.

Physical Description:

106 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Auckland, New Zealand : Oratia Books, Oratia Media Ltd, 2021.

Summary:

"Europeans had no idea what they would find when they first set eyes on Aotearoa. The records they kept of their encounters with this new land and its Māori inhabitants reveal stories of great wonder, curiosity, misunderstanding and adventure. [This book] samples those early journals and reports - from the first explorers Abel Tasman in 1642 and Joseph Banks in 1769, through to early settlers like John Logan Campbell in 1840, just as the Treaty of Waitangi was coming into force. The collection of first-hand accounts and illustrations reveal a land vastly different from modern New Zealand, in which these historic figures were laying the foundations for the country of today."--Back cover.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: FIRST CONTACTS

Murderers' Bay, 1642 / Abel Tasman

A tragic encounter, 1769 / Joseph Banks

Moehanga

- the first Maori to visit England, 1805 / John Savage

MISSIONARIES AND TRADERS

The first Christmas, 1814 / Samuel Marsden

The spar trade, 1820 / Richard A. Cruise

Envoy of peace, 1828 / Henry Williams

SEALERS AND WHALERS

Attack by night, 1826 / John Boultbee

Mutiny averted, 1836 / Captain W.B. Rhodes

The whalers of Te-Awa-iti, 1839 / Edward Jerningham Wakefield

LIFE AMONG MAORI

The tattooed sailor, 1810s / John Rutherford

Threat and fire, 1827 / Augustus Earle

The arrival of `doubtful friends', 1830s / F.E. Maning

STRANGE JOURNEYS

In the footsteps of Cook, 1835 / Joel Polack

Ascent of Egmont, 1839 / Ernst Dieffenbach

A golden dream, 1840 / John Logan Campbell.

Notes:

"Collection of first-hand accounts and illustrations"--Back cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780947506902

094750690X

OCLC:

1246624627

Publisher Number:

99989982636