{"product_id":"new-zealand-100-years-ago-journal-of-a-ten-months-visit-by-richard-cruise","title":"NEW ZEALAND 100 YEARS AGO: Journal of a Ten Months' Visit by Richard Cruise","description":"\u003cp\u003eNEW ZEALAND 100 YEARS AGO: Journal of a Ten Months' Visit\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eby Major Richard A. Cruise\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDESCRIPTION\u003cbr\u003eFormat: small cloth board hardcover\u003cbr\u003ePublished: Brett Publishing 1921, 1st edition\u003cbr\u003eSize (mm): 145 w x 195 h x 18 d\u003cbr\u003ePages: 162\u003cbr\u003eSKU: A5\/2609\/UXXX\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eABOUT\u003cbr\u003eAn invaluable primary account of early contact between Europeans and Māori.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMajor Cruise visited New Zealand in 1820 aboard the British store ship HMS Dromedary, which was sent to gather kauri spars for the Royal Navy. Over his ten-month stay, primarily spent in the Northland region, Cruise kept a detailed journal documenting early New Zealand society just before widespread European colonisation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt records interactions with notable chiefs, including Hongi Hika's departure for England, tribal customs, traditional clothing, tattoos (tā moko), and war dances (haka).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCruise arrived at the onset of the Musket Wars, providing raw observations on the brutal realities of tribal warfare, treatment of slaves, and defenses of fortified villages (pā).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIllustrated throughout with monochrome fine line drawings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCONDITION\u003cbr\u003eExcellent with only wear on covers, faint marks on end papers, page clean. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIMAGES\u003cbr\u003eAre of the actual item and depict all need to know detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eREMARKS\u003cbr\u003eScarce\u003cbr\u003eSee our other similar listings on the subject.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unicorn Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56200999993636,"sku":"A5\/2609\/UXXX","price":59.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1013\/1901\/6740\/files\/3924087665918173350.jpg?v=1788511637","url":"https:\/\/unicornbooks.co.nz\/products\/new-zealand-100-years-ago-journal-of-a-ten-months-visit-by-richard-cruise","provider":"Unicorn Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}