881 - 1017: [New Zealand]. (Maning, F.E.) (under pseud. A Pakeha Maori).

77 977 New Zealand Maning F E under pseud A Pakeha Maori

77/ 977 [New Zealand]. (Maning, F.E.) (under pseud. A Pakeha Maori). Old New Zealand, a Tale of the Good Old Times; and a History of the War in the North against the Chief Heke, in the 1845. Told by an old Chief of the Ngapuhi Tribe. By a Pakeha Maori. London, Richard Bentley and Son, 1884, XXIV,(2),278p., orig. gilt dec. and blindst. cl.

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= "A Pakeha Maori" means "A European turned native". Maning moved to New Zealand in 1833, where he worked as a trader in timber and flax. Through his work and his marriage with the sister of a Maori chief, he became very well acqainted with Maori culture, customs and language. Old New Zealand was first published in 1863 and has since become a classic of New Zealand literature.

AND 2 others, both on Captain Cook, i.a. J.C. BEAGLEHOLE, The Life of Captain James Cook (London, The Hakluyt Society, 1974, col. frontisp., plates, orig. cl. w. dustwr. Hakluyt Society, extra series XXXVII).

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