From Tasman To Marsden. A History of Northern New Zealand From 1642 To 1818 by Robert McNab.
From Tasman To Marsden. A History of Northern New Zealand From 1642 To 1818 by Robert McNab.
Publisher: J. Wilkie & Co, Dunedin, 1914, FIRST EDITION. Very good hardback with jacket. Minor rubbing and bumping to edges. Binding firm. Owner signature in pencil to ffep. End papers tanned, some foxing to pages. Jacket is chipped, marked and rubbed with some loss to colour plate on front cover. Spine is dulled down with some loss to top edge. 236 pages.
Contents: Preface; Discovery by Tasman, 1642 and 1643; Cook on the East Coast, 1769; De Surville visits Doubtless Bay, 1769; Cook completes his survey, 1769 and 1770; Marion's visit to the Bay Of Islands, 1772; Stray Visitors, 1773 to 1793; The First Timber Trade, 1794 to 1801; The First Whaling Trade, 1801 to 1806; The Day of Te Pahi, 1806 to 1809; The Massacre of the 'Boyd,' 1809 to 1810; After the Massacre, 1810 to 1814; Development of the Mission Scheme, 1807 to 1814; Marsden Establishes the Mission, 1814 and 1815; The Bay of Islands, 1815 to 1818; Bibliography; Index.