Title: I have named it the Bay of Islands--
First published: 1983
Description: "On 7 December 1769 Lieutenant James Cook sailed away from this bay, having duly recorded its newly acquired name on the chart he had made during the preceding week ... Within 75 years, the Bay of Islands was to become a focal point in the Pacific for trade and industry, as well as for every sort of commercial chicanery, land-jobbing and general lawlessness. Subject to a curious experiment in civil government and intensive missionary enterprise, within a short time these events would lead to open war, eventually eroding and destroying the ancient pattern of life of the proud people Cook had originally found there"--Introduction.
Subjects: History, Korero nehe, Geschichte, Kolonisatie, Maori's, Pakanga, Maori (New Zealand people), New zealand, history
Places: Bay of (N.Z.) Islands, Islands, Bay of (N.Z.), New Zealand
LC classification: DU420 .L44 1983