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A travel guide to Captain James Cook's New Zealand : exploring significant locations from Cook's voyages of discovery / Graeme Lay.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London Sydney Auckland New Holland 2017.Description: 191 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9781869664602
  • 1869664604
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 919.304 23
Contents:
Gisborne, Poverty Bay & Tolaga Bay -- East Coast & The Bay of Plenty -- The Coromandel -- The North-East Coast -- North Island West Coast -- The Marlborough Sounds -- Dusky Sound.
Summary: "This book depicts in words, maps and photographs, the places of special importance which Cook visited or witnessed during his journeys from 1769 until his last departures in 1777. The locations are vividly described as they are today, and as they were nearly 250 years ago. Fortuitously for Cook, and for today's traveller, these places are some of the most attractive destinations in New Zealand. This guide will point them out to the reader, illustrate their features and explain in detail their connections with the renowned English explorer"--Back cover.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Notes Date due Barcode
Non-Fiction - New Zealand Non-Fiction - New Zealand Waimate Non-Fiction Non Fiction 919.304 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan Not for loan A00659347

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Gisborne, Poverty Bay & Tolaga Bay -- East Coast & The Bay of Plenty -- The Coromandel -- The North-East Coast -- North Island West Coast -- The Marlborough Sounds -- Dusky Sound.

"This book depicts in words, maps and photographs, the places of special importance which Cook visited or witnessed during his journeys from 1769 until his last departures in 1777. The locations are vividly described as they are today, and as they were nearly 250 years ago. Fortuitously for Cook, and for today's traveller, these places are some of the most attractive destinations in New Zealand. This guide will point them out to the reader, illustrate their features and explain in detail their connections with the renowned English explorer"--Back cover.

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