The Great New Zealand Myth: A study of the discovery and origin traditions of the Maori. by D.R. Simmons.
The Great New Zealand Myth: A study of the discovery and origin traditions of the Maori. by D.R. Simmons.
The Great New Zealand Myth: A study of the discovery and origin traditions of the Maori. by D.R. Simmons.
The Great New Zealand Myth: A study of the discovery and origin traditions of the Maori. by D.R. Simmons.
The Great New Zealand Myth: A study of the discovery and origin traditions of the Maori. by D.R. Simmons.
The Great New Zealand Myth: A study of the discovery and origin traditions of the Maori. by D.R. Simmons.
The Great New Zealand Myth: A study of the discovery and origin traditions of the Maori. by D.R. Simmons.
The Great New Zealand Myth: A study of the discovery and origin traditions of the Maori. by D.R. Simmons.
The Great New Zealand Myth: A study of the discovery and origin traditions of the Maori. by D.R. Simmons.
The Great New Zealand Myth: A study of the discovery and origin traditions of the Maori. by D.R. Simmons.
The Great New Zealand Myth: A study of the discovery and origin traditions of the Maori. by D.R. Simmons.

The Great New Zealand Myth: A study of the discovery and origin traditions of the Maori. by D.R. Simmons.

£60

The Great New Zealand Myth: A study of the discovery and origin traditions of the Maori. by D.R. Simmons.

Publisher: A. H. and A. W. Reed, First edition, 1976.

Very good hardback with jacket. Minor compression to spine ends; no inscriptions, end-papers are foxed. Pages very good, minor marks; foxing to edges. Jacket is rubbed, creased, marked and chipped with some closed tears at edges. 504 pages, NZ map showing tribal boundaries, numerous genealogical lists. tables etc throughout.

This controversial examination of the "discovery and origin traditions of the Maori" questiions the established traditions and folklore that the arrival and settlement by a Great Fleet of canoes, in the 1300s, led to the foundation of the Maori race in New Zealand. Coming at a time when this concept was already under academic challege, this important addition to the literature introduced a new level of depth and investigarion to the subject. As a result, Simmons work is a hefty volume of seven parts, eight appendices, bibliography, genealogical and names index plus general index. A classic New Zealand history book which disproved the myth of the Great Fleet that supposedly settled New Zealand in ca. 1350.

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The Great New Zealand Myth: A study of the discovery and origin traditions of the Maori. by D.R. Simmons.
The Great New Zealand Myth: A study of the discovery and origin traditions of the Maori. by D.R. Simmons.
The Great New Zealand Myth: A study of the discovery and origin traditions of the Maori. by D.R. Simmons.
The Great New Zealand Myth: A study of the discovery and origin traditions of the Maori. by D.R. Simmons.
The Great New Zealand Myth: A study of the discovery and origin traditions of the Maori. by D.R. Simmons.
The Great New Zealand Myth: A study of the discovery and origin traditions of the Maori. by D.R. Simmons.
The Great New Zealand Myth: A study of the discovery and origin traditions of the Maori. by D.R. Simmons.
The Great New Zealand Myth: A study of the discovery and origin traditions of the Maori. by D.R. Simmons.
The Great New Zealand Myth: A study of the discovery and origin traditions of the Maori. by D.R. Simmons.
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