Author: WAKEFIELD, EDWARD GIBBON; GODLEY, JOHN ROBERT.
Title: The Founders of Canterbury: Volume 1. (only volume ever published). Being Letters From the Late Edward Gibbon Wakefield to the Late John Robert Godley, and to Other Well-known Helpers in the Foundation of the Settlement at Canterbury in New Zealand.
Description: First Edition; 8vo; pp. xvi, 352; new endpapers; original green printed wrappers bound in; green cloth; title in gilt on spine; pages slightly browned; wrappers lightly chipped; good copy. Christchurch, Stevens and Co., 1868. Edward Gibbon Wakefield (1796-1862) is considered a key figure in the establishment of the colonies of South Australia and New Zealand. He promoted a system of colonization under which public land in the colonies came to be sold, instead of given away, the proceeds being applied to emigration, survey, roads, churches and schools. In 1837, at his instance and by his efforts an Association was formed in new Zealand, having for its object the colonization of New Zealand based on his principles.

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