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Travels in New Zealand: with contributions to the geography, geology, botany, and natural history of that country (Volume I)

Travels in New Zealand: with contributions to the geography, geology, botany, and natural history of that country (Volume I)

Dieffenbach, Ernst

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Ancient History GeneralGeologyNortheast

ISBN10: 9353706459
ISBN13: 9789353706456
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Jun 1 2019
Pages: 448
Weight: 1.24
Height: 1.00 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Before New Zealand was a postcard, it was a question. Ernst Dieffenbach set out to answer it. Maps, rocks, plants, people. Travels in New Zealand (Volume I) stands among the great Pacific exploration classics: an unabridged travel classic from the 1840s that blends a Victorian exploration narrative with sharp, observant scientific travel writing. Dieffenbach moves beyond impressions to record what he sees with a naturalist's patience and a geographer's discipline, tracing landscapes, coastlines, and settlements across colonial era New Zealand. His notes on new zealand natural history, careful new zealand geology studies, and the botany of new zealand give the book its distinctive heft: part travelogue, part field report, always alive to the realities of place. For modern readers, this is both vivid reading and a primary source for historians: a window onto how the country was described, measured, and classified at a pivotal moment of contact and change. Collectors will value its standing as enduring naturalist expedition literature and a public domain reference book that shaped early European understandings of the islands, while casual readers will appreciate its clear-eyed curiosity and the sense of discovery that runs through every page. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today -- a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

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