Rambles in New Zealand

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By Listen TheBook Posted on Jun 1, 2023

In Category - Exploration

Authors: John Carne Bidwill In Year : 1841

Book Language: English

Audiobook: Rambles in New Zealand

September 1838 to 16 February 1839
17 to 23 February
24 February to 1 March
2 March to 8 March
9 March to 24 March
29 March to May
August 1840

John Carne Bidwill came out to Sydney in 1838 to represent his family's mercantile business. Finding that he had time on his hands he decided to make a journey to New Zealand with the intention of penetrating to the high mountains in the interior of the North Island. This is the story of that journey—that of the first white man to climb Mt. Tongariro and the attendant adventures associated with such. Intermixed is commentary on the botany of that part of New Zealand and the language of the Ma̅ori people. - Summary by Beeswaxcandle