Journey in the Northern Island of New Zealand. WR Wade. (1842) 1977 facsimile edition. Capper Press, Christchurch

The author, an early Missionary, travelled from the Bay of Islands to Hokianga and down to Tauranga and Rotorua during the early 1830s He writes of the customs of the Maori people he met, especially those of the hot lakes districts. He also notes the changes to life and the illnesses that Missionaries and other Europeans were bringing to these people Records and comments about native plants and birds

List of the plants of NZ List of names of subscribers to the original edition

206pp; appendix; hard covers, gilt lettering; very good condition Dust jacket; very good condition; small pull and dent on front

Lots of very valuable historical observations

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