Though one of the parts of the earth best fitted for man New Zealand was probably about the last of such lands occupied by the human race. The first European to find it was a Dutch sea-captain who was looking for something else and who thought it a part of South America from which it is sundered by five thousand miles of ocean.
Mother Coantry a minority, now ceasing to be small, which takes a quickenit; interest In the Colonies. It no loirer consists merely of would-be investors, or emigrants who want to inquire into the resources, industries, and finances of one or other of the self-governing parts of theE mpire. Many of its members never expect to see a colony. But they have come to rectise that those new-comers Into the circle of civiU fed communities, the daughter nations of Britain, are not unworthy of English study andE nglish pride. They have begun to suspect that the story of ibm strules into existence and prosperity may be stirring, romantic, and interesting, and that some of thdr political institutions and experiments may be instructive, I hough others may seem less safe than curious. Some of those who think thus complain that it is not always easy to find an account of a colony 465089 D,silirr.d.i.
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Condición: New. KlappentextThough one of the parts of the earth best fitted for man New Zealand was probably about the last of such lands occupied by the human race. The first European to find it was a Dutch sea-captain who was looking for something els. Nº de ref. del artículo: 904428203
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