Contributions to the Early History of New Zealand Settlement of Otago
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Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
21.10.2011
Verlag
Cambridge AcademicSeitenzahl
410
Maße (L/B/H)
21.6/14/2.4 cm
Gewicht
520 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-1-108-03943-7
English-born Thomas Morland Hocken (1836-1910), doctor, historian, and bibliographer, arrived in New Zealand in 1862 after abandoning his career as a ship's surgeon. After establishing a general practice in Dunedin, Hocken began to take a keen interest in the country's recent past. Published in 1898, this book was Hocken's first major work on New Zealand. The book focuses on the history of European settlement in the southern province of Otago in the years preceding the gold rush. Hocken begins with an account of the first pioneers' arrival in New Zealand, and the 'Wakefield Scheme' of assisted passage. The book describes the lives of the founding fathers of Dunedin, the migration of settlers to the area and the establishment of churches, and ends with the discovery of gold. Hocken wrote several other accounts of New Zealand history and was elected Fellow of the Linnean Society for his contribution to botany.
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