The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 7, Issue 2The University Press, 1933 - Great Britain |
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These materials are obsidian , said to have been obtained only in the Bay of Plenty district , and nephrite ... is a great rarity in neighbouring populous districts which produced only the poorest material for drill - points .
These materials are obsidian , said to have been obtained only in the Bay of Plenty district , and nephrite ... is a great rarity in neighbouring populous districts which produced only the poorest material for drill - points .
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The bread - fruit and the coconut , perhaps the most important food trees of central Polynesia , could not be cultivated even in the most northern districts of New Zealand . The kumara or sweet potato , the taro , and the yam were ...
The bread - fruit and the coconut , perhaps the most important food trees of central Polynesia , could not be cultivated even in the most northern districts of New Zealand . The kumara or sweet potato , the taro , and the yam were ...
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Thus the Maoris of Tasman Bay far surpassed those of other districts in skill in manufacturing the unpolished tools used in woodwork . There has been no detailed discussion of the numbers of the Maoris in pre - European times , and the ...
Thus the Maoris of Tasman Bay far surpassed those of other districts in skill in manufacturing the unpolished tools used in woodwork . There has been no detailed discussion of the numbers of the Maoris in pre - European times , and the ...
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| Title | The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 7, Issue 2 The Cambridge History of the British Empire, John Holland Rose |
| Contributor | John Holland Rose |
| Publisher | The University Press, 1933 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 3 Feb 2009 |
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