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(New Zealand) Shortland, Edward, The southern districts of New…
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11-Dec-2017
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(New Zealand) Shortland, Edward, The southern districts of New Zealand: A Journal, with passing notices of the customs of the aborigines. (1st ed. London: Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1851). 8vo. xiv, 315, 32p. Frontispiece folding map, plate, illustrations, six maps, four genealogical tables, errata, publishers' catalogue. Green cloth. New endpapers. Signature of Gilbert Mair on contents page. Edward Shortland, whose brother Willoughby was Colonial Secretary, as Protector of the Aborigines visited the east coast of the South Island on land claims business in 1843 to 1844. Much on the Ngaitahu, Maori custom, health, population trends, the Greenwoods and others at Banks Peninsula, the Otago whaling stations from Waikouaiti to Jacob's River, particularly J Jones. The most significant general work on the region before the settlement of Otago.
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