{"product_id":"i-have-named-it-the-bay-of-islands-by-jack-lee","title":"I Have Named it the Bay of Islands by Jack Lee.","description":"\u003cp\u003eI Have Named it the Bay of Islands by Jack Lee.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher: Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton Ltd, 1983, First Edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardback with jacket, binding firm, some minor rubbing and bumping, inscription to ffep and name written on closed edge of pages otherwise very good condition. Jacket has some light shelf-wear with minor marks fading to spine. 328 pages, illustrated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"On 7 December 1769 Lieutenant James Cook sailed away from this bay, having duly recorded its newly acquired name on the chart he had made during the preceding week . Within 75 years, the Bay of Islands was to become a focal point in the Pacific for trade and industry, as well as for every sort of commercial chicanery, land-jobbing and general lawlessness. Subject to a curious experiment in civil government and intensive missionary enterprise, within a short time these events would lead to open war, eventually eroding and destroying the ancient pattern of life of the proud people Cook had originally found there\"--Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll books are sent with free courier postage within New Zealand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePick up from Phoenixbooksnz.com Waimate, South Canterbury.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlease see our other listings for more great books: New Zealand History; Maori; First Editions; Signed; War \u0026amp; Military; Vintage \u0026amp; Antique, Hunting, Climbing, and many more.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Books NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49749966651639,"sku":"","price":25.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/7687\/5255\/files\/IMG_6859.jpg?v=1750138878","url":"https:\/\/phoenixbooksnz.com\/en-de\/products\/i-have-named-it-the-bay-of-islands-by-jack-lee","provider":"Phoenix Books NZ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}