Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Enderby SettlementCondition: NewEAN: 9781877578595ISBN: 9781877578595Publisher: Otago University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 01/01/2014Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: NZItem Height: 255mmItem Length: 195mmItem Weight: 720gAuthor: Conon FraserGenre: HistoryDescription: This book is a history of the British Enderby settlement on the Auckland Islands 1849–52 and its associated whaling venture. Isolation, a stormswept climate, unproductive soil, inexperienced crews, drunkenness and above all an unexpected shortage of whales meant the raw colony ran into trouble and the parent company found itself facing disaster. Two special commissioners were sent to either close the venture down or move it elsewhere, and a bitter struggle developed, with Charles Enderby refusing to admit defeat and Governor Sir George Grey reluctantly becoming involved. Nevertheless the settlement collapsed, and the few Maori settlers on the islands, who had preceded and benefited from the colonists’ presence, left soon after. Little trace of the colony remains, and the Auckland Islands are much as they were before Charles Enderby attempted to realise his dream: uninhabited, isolated, wild and beautiful, and now of World Heritage status.Edition: Revised editionItem Width: 15mmRelease Year: 2014 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: The Enderby Settlement
Title: The Enderby Settlement
EAN: 9781877578595
ISBN: 9781877578595
Release Date: 01/01/2014
Release Year: 2014
Country/Region of Manufacture: NZ
Genre: History
Edition: Revised edition
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Enderby Settlement
Publisher: Otago University Press
Item Height: 0.6 in
Subject: Modern / 19th Century, Australia & New Zealand, Fisheries & Aquaculture
Publication Year: 2014
Features: Revised
Item Weight: 25.3 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 10 in
Subject Area: Technology & Engineering, History
Author: Conon Fraser
Item Width: 6.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
