Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.

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Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z. By J A Mackay. Publisher: J.G. Mackay, Gisborne, NZ, 1982, 4th impression. SCARCE. Excellent hardback with jacket, very minor compression to spine. No inscriptions. Pages are very good, minor marks. Jacket has some mottling and rubbing with some marks, spine is dulled down, some foxing. 472 pages, illustrated. Chapter headings: 'Tribes of the Rising Sun"; Before the Days of Tasman; Cook's Historic Landfall at Poverty Bay; A Tragic Day; Unhappy Naming of Poverty Bay; 'Endeavour' on East Coast; Hospitable Tolaga Bay; Whose 'White Chief'?; Ferocious Ngapuhi Raids on East Coast; Trade Opens on the East Coast; Three Famous East Coast Sieges; The Founder of Poverty Bay; The East Coast Tattooed Trader; Celebrities of the East Coast; 'Sons of the Soil'; Pioneer Resident Traders on East Coast; The Old Land Claims; 'There She Bows!'; Spread of the Gospel to the East Coast; In the Mission Field; 'Beautiful Turanga'; 'Uncrowned King of Poverty Bay'; Clash of Rival Judicial Systems; Disaffection Precedes Bloodshed; Under the Hauhau Banner; Exiled Rebels Escape; Te Kooti Revolt Opens; Eve of Poverty Bay Massacre; 'Black Tuesday'; 'Worst Horror Since Cawnpore'; Hands Off Poverty Bay!; Poverty Bay Under Martial Law; On Te Kooti's Trail; Te Kooti Rikirangi Te Turuki; 'Spoils to the Victors'; Native Lands Problem; Settlement and Development; Local Government; Sports and Pastimes; Brief Biographies. N° de ref. del artículo ABE-1704837285334

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