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Softcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Label on front endpaper, "Glen Historic Collection / Southland". Small green circular sticker on front endpaper. ; This copy is number 218 of a limited edition of 1,000 copies. xviii, 266, [1] pages. French flaps. Page dimensions: 238 x 170mm. Illustrations in colour and black-and-white. History, New Zealand's sub-antarctic Auckland Islands. An edition of the diaries of two officers of the Southern Whale Fishery Company. "In 1849, the Enderby Settlement, so called after its visionary founder Charles Enderby, was lauded by British politicians as a 'well judged project'. With Enderby appointed Lieutenant Governor, as the Crown's representative, and Chief Commissioner of the Southern Whale Fishery Company, the lessee of the islands, the proposed colony carried the nation's hopes of reviving its global whaling industry. History records that the ill-fated settlement was to be dissolved within three years, without attaining its ambitious goals." - from blurb on front flap.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Limited Edition. Enderby Settlement Diaries: Records of a British Colony at the Auckland Islands 1849-1852 by William Augustus Mackworth, William John Munce. Publisher: Wild Press and Worsell Press, Wellington and Pakuranga, 1999. Numbered LIMITED EDITION of 1000 copies. Near new softback. slight fading to spine, no inscriptions, minor marks. 266 Pages with illustrations. British Enderby settlement on the Auckland Islands (1849-1852) and its associated whaling venture. Charles Enderby - of Samuel Enderby & Sons, one of the most prominent English sealing and whaling firms had successfully petitioned for British government backing to establish a settlement on the Auckland Islands 'for the purpose of the whale fishery, as a station at which to discharge the cargoes and refit vessels.' Unfortunately, this island settlement experienced isolation, a storm swept climate, unproductive soil, inexperienced crews, drunkenness, and, above all, an unexpected shortage of whales. The result was that the raw colony ran into trouble and the parent company found itself facing disaster. Two special commissioners were sent to either close the venture down or move it elsewhere, and a bitter struggle developed, with Charles Enderby refusing to admit defeat and Governor Sir George Grey reluctantly becoming involved. Nevertheless, the settlement collapsed and the few Maori settlers on the islands, who had preceded and benefited from the colonists' presence, left soon after. Little trace of the colony remains, and the Auckland Islands are much as they were before Charles Enderby's arrival: uninhabited, isolated, wild, and beautiful, and now of World Heritage status. ALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK. All books are sent with free courier postage within New Zealand.

Softcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. No signatures.; This copy is number 513 of a limited edition of 1,000 copies. xviii, 266, [1] pages. French flaps. Page dimensions: 240 x 170mm. Illustrations in colour and b&w. History, New Zealand's sub-antarctic Auckland Islands. An edition of the diaries of two officers of the Southern Whale Fishery Company. "In 1849, the Enderby Settlement, so called after its visionary founder Charles Enderby, was lauded by British politicians as a 'well judged project'. With Enderby appointed Lieutenant Governor, as the Crown's representative, and Chief Commissioner of the Southern Whale Fishery Company, the lessee of the islands, the proposed colony carried the nation's hopes of reviving its global whaling industry. History records that the ill-fated settlement was to be dissolved within three years, without attaining its ambitious goals." - from blurb on front flap.