Author: SAVAGE, JOHN
Title: Some Account of New Zealand; Particularly the Bay of Islands, and Surrounding Country; with a Description of the Religion and Government, Language, Arts, Manufactures, Manners, and Customs of the Natives, &c. &c.
Description: London, John Murray. 1807, First Edition. Hardcover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, viii, 110 pages, errata page and directions to the binder, two plates, lacking the frontispiece. Old name on front endpaper. The plate of the tiki is coloured the other plate is "Appearance of the North Cape of New Zealand". Original covers, the spine is missing. The first book devoted entirely to New Zealand. Much information on Maori. Bagnall #5019.

Keywords: Bay of Islands, North Island, Maori, Polynesia New Zealand


See more books from our catalog: History