History of New Zealand and Its Inhabitants: First English Translation: Translated by John Crockett

Sprache: Englisch

Verlag: Otago University Press, 2000

1877133523 / 9781877133527

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340 pages. cover corner creased, inside cover marked, text in excellent conditionAn extraordinary new book reveals sympathy for Maori from an unusual supporte r - an Italian priest. The book, History of New Zealand and its Inhabitants, has waited over a century to be translated into English, but sits comfortably along side the contemporary Maori renaissance and claims to the Waitangi Tribunal. The book was originally published in Italy in 1896. Its author, Dom Felice Vaggioli , was one of the first Benedictine priests to be sent to New Zealand. He worked in Gisborne, Auckland and the Coromandel from 1879 to 1887. While in New Zealand , he gathered information, including first-hand accounts of Treaty of Waitangi s ignings, and of the Taranaki and Waikato wars. Vaggioli's writing style is drama tic and racy, and Crockett has retained this in his translation. The book is a t errific read of nineteenth century New Zealand history. Anyone interested in Mao ri-Pakeha relations or the history of colonization will want to read this remark able source. About the Author Dom Felice Vaggioli (1845-1921) was a Benedictine monk from Tuscany. As a youth he was a conscientious objector, avoiding compuls ory military service by hiding in a region which was under Austrian rule. He beg an his novitiate in 1864 and was professed a religious the following year. In 18 76 he was sent as a missionary to Tunisia, and three years later to New Zealand. Vaggioli was first appointed parish priest in Gisborne, and was entrusted with the job of clearing the parish debt. He then performed similar tasks at St Bened ict's church in Newton, Auckland. However, the stress of debt collecting resulte d in his health deteriorating and after a brief holiday he was appointed to Coro mandel. In 1888, after his return to Italy, he assumed the important post of Abb.…

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Titel
History of New Zealand and Its Inhabitants: First English Translation: Translated by John Crockett
Autor
Dom Felice Vaggioli, John Crockett
Verlag
Otago University Press
Erscheinungsjahr
2000
Zustand
Good
Einband
Paperback
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN-10
1877133523
ISBN-13
9781877133527
Abmessungen
15.2cm x 2.3cm x 22.9cm
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