Travels of Hochstetter and Haast in New Zealand 1858-1860.

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Travels of Hochstetter and Haast in New Zealand 1858-1860.Mike Johnston and Sascha Nolden. Hochstetter and Haast travelled on foot and by horseback in the vast hinterland of colonial Auckland documenting its geology, natural history and the Maori population at a time when the region was little known to European science. Later they also explored Nelson Province. Their endeavours made the scientific reputation of each, Hotchstetter in Austria and Haast in Canterbury. This fine and well illustrated book is an

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