The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 7, Issue 2John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Great Britain |
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Both islands are mountainous , the south especially . There are two parallel mountain chains , running south - west to north - east , broken into several ranges . Of these the Southern Alps in the South Island is the greater ; it rises ...
Both islands are mountainous , the south especially . There are two parallel mountain chains , running south - west to north - east , broken into several ranges . Of these the Southern Alps in the South Island is the greater ; it rises ...
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not only American but French whalers regularly resorted to the Bay of Islands . ... In 1806 the Auckland Islands were discovered by Captain Bristow ; in 1809 the insularity of the south island , 1 a fact almost certainly known to ...
not only American but French whalers regularly resorted to the Bay of Islands . ... In 1806 the Auckland Islands were discovered by Captain Bristow ; in 1809 the insularity of the south island , 1 a fact almost certainly known to ...
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SURVEYOR AND SETTLER EXPLORERS 39 Island was thus rendered dangerous by difficulties with the Maoris , which increased as the natives came to resent the alienation of their land . The survey of the South Island , on the other hand ...
SURVEYOR AND SETTLER EXPLORERS 39 Island was thus rendered dangerous by difficulties with the Maoris , which increased as the natives came to resent the alienation of their land . The survey of the South Island , on the other hand ...
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