Library Record
Metadata
Object Name |
Book |
Title |
French Akaroa: An Attempt to Colonise Southern New Zealand |
Author |
Tremewan, Peter |
Published Date |
2010 |
Description |
French Akaroa, written by retired University of Canterbury academic Peter Tremewan, won the JM Sherrard Prize for New Zealand history when it was first published in 1990. New edition - updated and extensivley illustrated - describes the French government-backed plans to settle and annex New Zealand's South Island. When the first French ships arrived at Akaroa in 1840, they questioned Britain's rights to sovereignty over the South Island, set up their own military base and administered French law among the new French and German settlers. Eventually, British sovereignty was recognised, but most of the French and German settlers stayed on and thrived, and today tens of thousands of New Zealanders are descendants of these families. Appendicies contain brief biographies of all the colonists; a listing of all known Maori on Banks Peninsula the time and a list of all visiting ships in 1841. |
Physical Description |
soft cover; 383 pp., xvi p. of plates: ill. (some col.), maps, ports. (some col.); 24 cm spine. |
Subjects |
Colonists Nanto-Bordelaise Company Naval personnel Naval Officers Navies Maori French Settlers Land subdivision Land grants Settlements Settlers |
Provenance |
Museum purchase |
Call# |
993.84 TRE |
Catalog Number |
2025.5.1 |