Author: NATUSCH, SHEILA.
Title: The Cruise of the Acheron Her Majesty's Steam Vessel On Survey In New Zealand Waters 1848 - 51.
Description: 8vo; pp.190; illustrated endpapers; portrait frontispiece; 8 pages of colour illustrations, b/w. illustrations throughout, maps; appendix, sources, acknowledgments, index; dustjacket; bookplate; a fine copy. Christchurch, Sydney, London, Whitcoulls Publishers, (1978). Bookplate. The Acheron was sent out from England under orders from the Admiralty to make the first full and accurate survey of the coasts and harbours of New Zealand..

Keywords: New Zealand maritime history Acheron Steam ship captain Stokes