Straight through from London : the Antipodes and Bounty Islands, New Zealand / Rowley Taylor.

By:

Taylor, Rowland H

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Christchurch, N.Z. : Heritage Expeditions New Zealand, 2006.Description: 415 pages, [24] pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cmISBN:

0473106507
9780473106508

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

993.99 22

LOC classification:

DU430.A58 T39 2006

Summary: This book vividly details the history and natural history of the remote Antipodes and their tiny neighbours the Bounty Islands. In the two hundred years since their discovery the island have suffered annihilation of their fur seal populations and seen several shipwrecks, the establishment of castaway depots, and attempts to promote pastoral farming. Today with their undisturbed vegetation and a flourishing wildlife, the islands are truly unique and totally protected as National Nature reserves on the World Heritage List.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Non-Fiction - New Zealand	Waimate Event Centre - Long term storage	Non Fiction	993.99 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not For Loan	Not for loan		A00459109

Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-396) and index.

This book vividly details the history and natural history of the remote Antipodes and their tiny neighbours the Bounty Islands. In the two hundred years since their discovery the island have suffered annihilation of their fur seal populations and seen several shipwrecks, the establishment of castaway depots, and attempts to promote pastoral farming. Today with their undisturbed vegetation and a flourishing wildlife, the islands are truly unique and totally protected as National Nature reserves on the World Heritage List.

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