Title: The summer ships : being an account of the first six ships sent out from England by the Canterbury Association in 1850-1851 /
Authors: Amodeo, Colin, 1942-; Canterbury Pilgrims and Early Settlers Association.
Publisher: Caxton Press,
Year: 2001
Subjects: Canterbury Association.; Pioneers New Zealand Cangerbury.; Passenger ships New Zealand Cangerbury.; Canterbury (N.Z.) Genealogy.; Canterbury (N.Z.) Emigration and immigration.; Canterbury (N.Z.) History
Abstract: This book tells the story of the way 'Canterbury' came into being in the first two vital years of its history. Its focus is the people who turned swampland into farms and towns and the immigrant life common to much of mid-19th century New Zealand.
Contents: Contemporary observers, commentators, journal and letter writers -- Opening the Port Cooper Plains -- 1848-1850: out to the distant land (Preparations ; Filling the ships : colonists and emigrants ; Great circle sailing ; Passage to Canterbury ; How far to Port Victoria?) -- 1850-1851 : Port Victoria : gateway to Canterbury (Arrival The Lyttleton immigration barracks ; Busy schoolmasters & and country clergymen ; Tales of the 'new chums,' 1851 ; A parcel of Christchurch colonists ; A cluster of out-of-towners ; Mosquito fleet) -- Appendices (Passanger lists on arrival at Port Victoria ; Ship notes, including official numbers and signal letters)