Journal of Ensign Best

Maker / Kaihanga
Nancy M. Taylor
 Production date / Rā mahi
1966
 Description / Taipitopito kōrero
465 page book titled "Journal of Ensign Best". This book is a journal that includes "hunting trips and picnics in New South Wales, vice-regal balls in Sydney, a bachelors' part on Norfolk Island, pig hunting in the Wairarapa, the first race meeting in New Zealand, sailing in Auckland Harbour, the death and burial of Governor Hobson and an expedition from Auckland to Taupō". It is also the second in a series of Alexander Turnbull Library monographs. 1837-1843
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Maker / Kaihanga
Nancy M. Taylor
Production date / Rā mahi
1966
System Id / Tautuhitanga Pūnaha
43369
Department / Wāhanga
Reference Book
Object type / Te momo taonga
Hardback/Book
Other Id / Tautuhitanga kē
DU420.1
Maker and role / Kaihanga me tōna tūranga
Nancy M. Taylor: Editor
Production details
Alexander Turnbull Library, Publisher, Wellington/New Zealand
Production place / Wāhi mahi
Wellington
New Zealand
Content Titles / Ngā Taitara Take
Voyage out; New South Wales; Norfolk Island; New Zealand; Best’s Index of the Voyage; From Bunbury’s ‘Reminiscences’; The Kororareka Treaty; Some Treaty Signatures; Authority at Port Nicholson; The French at Akaroa; Taupō-Taranaki Quarrel; Whaling Stations at Port Underwood; Class Distinctions at Port Nicholson; Joseph Jenner Merrett; First Auckland Races; Land Bills and Affairs of Honour; Peace-Making at Orakei; Robberies at Whangarei; The Duel; From Edward Shortland’s Journal; Māori Translations; The Horse Monops; Fight at Barrier Island; Sovereignty Questioned; Selwyn and Best

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