A Narrative of a Nine Months' Residence in New Zealand in 1827: Together with a Journal of a Residence in Tristan D'Acunha, an Island Situated between ... Library Collection - History of Oceania) - Softcover

Earle, Augustus

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108039782 ISBN 13: 9781108039789

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2011

Synopsis

Augustus Earle (1793-1838) was a professional watercolour artist specialising in colonial themes. He exhibited at the Royal Academy from the age of thirteen and in 1815 travelled to the Mediterranean. He spent the next fifteen years touring the world and in 1832, when this book was published, was briefly employed by Darwin on H.M.S. Beagle, though he left that expedition in Montevideo owing to ill health. The first part of the book describes Earle's experiences in New Zealand, where he observed in detail the lifestyle of the pre-colonial Maori and the early European settlers. The second part tells how in 1824 Earle, travelling from Rio to Cape Town, found himself left behind on the Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha and spent eight months sharing the simple life of the tiny British community there and tutoring their children until finally a rare passing ship took him on board.

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Book Description:

Augustus Earle (1793-1838) was a professional watercolour artist who travelled the world in search of exotic subjects. This book describes his experiences in New Zealand during the early days of European settlement, and an unplanned eight-month stay in the tiny British community on Tristan da Cunha.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1108039782
• ISBN 13: 9781108039789
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 400