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The Old Whaling Days – A History of Sothern New Zealand from 1830 - 1840 by Robert McNab. Hard covered book of 508 pages and was first published in 1913. This one was published in 1975.
The dust jacket has some staining along the top of the front and back, possibly due to old selotape over a cellophane cover or something like that. There is some light marks on the bottom of the forst blank page in and some staining on the last two blank pages in the book top and bottom. There is very light browning on the page edges but very very light. Other than this the book is in good condition.
The Old whaling days is the story of New Zealand’s wildest days, when French and American ships as well as British scoured the coastline for the highly prised sperm whale; when violent crimes went unpunished because there were no laws; when a British sea captain helped Te Rauparaha to slaughter an Akaroa chief and his people.
Robert McNab travelled the world in his search for the letters, newspaper articles and ships’ logs which make this eye-witness account of the most interesting time, but least recorded, period in New Zealand’s history.
The book includes, The Cook Strait, Nga-Motu, Foveaux Strait, Weller’s Whaling Station, rescue of the Harriett’s crew, French & American Whalers & Scientists, Manslaughter Trail, Tariff Disputes, Otago Trade, Chatham Island, Mary & Elizabeth Papers, Mary Mitchell Log, Enderby Records, Watkin’s Journal.
This will be our last listing for a few weeks and hopefully will start up again at the end of January. Merry Xmas to all the people who have purchased or sold to us this year and have a great Xmas/ new year.
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Anywhere in NZ (tracked) town | $7.00 | |
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