New Zealand -- Discovery and exploration
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Charles Von Huegel journal.
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Archives-2006/3
Scope and Contents
Journal describing visit to Australia and New Zealand. In German. The annotations are by Reuel Lochore, who used the copy in his translation of Von Huegel's diaries, which is held by the Alexander Turnbull Library.
Dates:
1834
Tobias Furneaux narrative of voyage with Captain Cook.
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Archives-A-171
Scope and Contents
Copy of a transcript og Captain Furneaux's narrative, April 6- Nov 2, 1773, during his voyage with Captain Cook. p.1-4: Part of Furneaux's narrative (see later part of chapter 7, Book 1, of the second voyage) p.1-13: Captain Cook's notes, Transactions in Queen Charlotte's Sound...(see chapter 8 and start of chapter 9, Book 1, of the second voyage) p.1-16: Captain Cook's notes, Transactions in Queen Charlotte's Sound...(see end of chapter 4 and greater part of chapter 5, Book 2, of the second...
Dates:
1773
William Fox journal of an expedition to Wiararapa [i.e. Wairarapa].
Collection
Identifier: MSS-Archives-A-242
Scope and Contents
Copy of William Fox's Journal of an Expedition to Wiararapa (sic).William Fox, later Sir William, arrived in Wellington in 1842, and in the autumn of the following year, as an agent of the New Zealand Company, went inland from the Hutt River looking for land suitable for settlement. He had three companions, Charles Clifford, William Vavasour and a Mr Whitehead. The journey was difficult but all were impressed with the potentiality of the Wairarapa...
Dates:
1843