Author: DIEFFENBACH, ERNEST
Title: Travels in New Zealand; with contributions to the Geography, Geology, Botany and Natural History of that Country. 2 Volumes
Description: London, John Murray. 1843, First Edition. Green Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book, 2 volumes. vii, 431; 396 pages.1 frontispiece and 3 plates. Spines rebacked retaining the original backstrips with a few small pieces lacking. The new spine is a beige colour, the boards and old spine are green. Lacking all pages up to page 1 in volume 2. Contents of Volume I: Part I - Cook's Straits: General Remarks; Cook's Straits - Queen Charlotte's Sound - Te-awa-iti - Cloudy Bay - Whales and Whalers; Port Nicholson - Wellington - Excursion into the valley of the Eritonga; Kapiti, or Entry Island - Mana, or Table Island; Return to Queen Charlotte's Sound - West Bay - East Bay - Island of Arapaoa; Northern Shore of Cook's Straits; Taranaki, or Mount Egmont; District from Taranaki to Mokau; The Climate of Cook's Straits and New Zealand in general; General Considerations on Cook's Straits; The Natives inhabiting the Shores of Cook's Straits. Part II Northern Island - Northern Districts: Reinga - North Cape - Pa-renga-renga, or Village of the Lily; Harbour of Houhoura, or Mount Carmel - Rangaunu - Kaitaia; Harbour of Mango-nui, in Lauriston Bay; Harbour of Wangaroa; Wangape and Hokianga; Waimate, Lake Maupere, and Thermal Springs; Bay of Islands; Wairoa, Kaipara; Gulf of Hauraki - Coromandel Harbour - Waiho, or the Thames - Waitemata Harbour - Auckland; Harbour of Manukao, or Symonds Harbour; River Waikato - Wainga-roa - Aotea - Kawhia; River Waipa - Mission-Station of Otawao; Lake Taupo and Tongariro; Rotu-kaua - Rotu-Mahana - Tera-wera; Rotu-Kareka - Rotu-rua - Rotu-iti; Journey to Tauranga; Journey into the Valley of the Waiho, or Thames - Mata-mata - Pikao; Some Remarks on the Botany of New Zealand. Illustrations: View of Taupo; Mount Egmont; Rua Pahu; Balaena Antipodum (southern rightwhale). Contents of Volume I: Part I - Cook's Straits: General Remarks; Cook's Straits - Queen Charlotte's Sound - Te-awa-iti - Cloudy Bay - Whales and Whalers; Port Nicholson - Wellington - Excursion into the valley of the Eritonga; Kapiti, or Entry Island - Mana, or Table Island; Return to Queen Charlotte's Sound - West Bay - East Bay - Island of Arapaoa; Northern Shore of Cook's Straits; Taranaki, or Mount Egmont; District from Taranaki to Mokau; The Climate of Cook's Straits and New Zealand in general; General Considerations on Cook's Straits; The Natives inhabiting the Shores of Cook's Straits. Part II Northern Island - Northern Districts: Reinga - North Cape - Pa-renga-renga, or Village of the Lily; Harbour of Houhoura, or Mount Carmel - Rangaunu - Kaitaia; Harbour of Mango-nui, in Lauriston Bay; Harbour of Wangaroa; Wangape and Hokianga; Waimate, Lake Maupere, and Thermal Springs; Bay of Islands; Wairoa, Kaipara; Gulf of Hauraki - Coromandel Harbour - Waiho, or the Thames - Waitemata Harbour - Auckland; Harbour of Manukao, or Symonds Harbour; River Waikato - Wainga-roa - Aotea - Kawhia; River Waipa - Mission-Station of Otawao; Lake Taupo and Tongariro; Rotu-kaua - Rotu-Mahana - Tera-wera; Rotu-Kareka - Rotu-rua - Rotu-iti; Journey to Tauranga; Journey into the Valley of the Waiho, or Thames - Mata-mata - Pikao; Some Remarks on the Botany of New Zealand. Illustrations: View of Taupo; Mount Egmont; Rua Pahu; Balaena Antipodum (southern rightwhale). Good.

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