First Encounters: New Zealand 1642-1840 (The New Zealand Series)

Sarah Ell; Gordon Ell

Europeans had no idea what they would find when they first set eyes on Aotearoa. First Encounters selects some of the key writings from the early sea traders, missionaries, explorers and surveyors - covering nearly 200 years from Abel Tasman in 1642 and Joseph Banks in 1769, through to early settlers su...