The Auckland Islands : Their Eventful History

Previous owner's name on front endpaper. 35mm tear at head of dust-jacket spine. 5mm loss at ends of dust-jacket spine. Rubbing to dust-jacket spine. Moderate foxing to dust-jacket. Dust-jacket protected in archival cover. ; [4], 9-109 pages + 12 illustrations on 4 plate leaves. Maps on endpapers. In-text illustrations. Green cloth boards with black lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 212 x 134mm. With a 6 page Foreword by Angus Ross. Dust-jacket title: "The Eventful Story of The Auckland Islands." "The Auckland Islands tells the romantic story of these sub-Antarctic islands, over 200 miles south-westward of the Bluff, from their discovery to their virtual abandonment. It narrates the stirring adventures of sealers and whalers, of the brief Maori occupation, of the establishment, with high hopes of the Enderby Colony, its vicscissitudes and filure. It recounts the thrilling stories of wrecks on the Aucklands' inhospitable coasts; of the treasure ship 'General Grant'; of the 'Grafton,' and Captain Musgrave's sensational voyage to Stewart Island in a crazy boat; of the 'Dundonlad' and the almost incredible adventures and privations of its survivors." - from dust-jacket blurb. Contents: Foreword; Discovery and Description of the Islands; EarlyYears - Sealers, Whalers, Scientists and Maoris; Enderby's Plan and the Formation of the Colony; The Company's First Year at the Islands; Final Years and Failure; The Islands after 1860; Conclusion; Bibliography; Appendix I - First Baron Auckland; Appendix II - Her Majesty's Commission to Charles Enderby; Appendix III - Abstract of contents of Registrar Book of Marriages, Births and Deaths. [Reference: Bagnall M453 - "Edition of 500 copies."]

Product Info

Publisher: A. H. & A. W. Reed

Year: (1948)

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

First Edition

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