TY - BOOK AU - McLean, John TI - Voyages of the pioneers to New Zealand, 1839-85 SN - 9781872970400 AV - G550 .M26 2015 U1 - 910.45 23 KW - Ocean travel KW - History KW - 19th century KW - Colonists KW - New Zealand KW - Emigration and immigration KW - fast N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - "From a variety of sources, including the diaries of passengers on a number of emigrant ships - mostly sailing vessels but also a few steamships - the author has told the story largely in the words of the participants themselves, thus giving a unique insight into what life was like during the long voyage (up to five months) down the Atlantic, around the Cape of Good Hope and through the storms of the sourthern ocean to New Zealand"--Back cover ER -