Hell-hole of the Pacific - Softcover

Wolfe, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0143019872 ISBN 13: 9780143019879

Publisher: Penguin Global, 2005

Synopsis

No settlement in New Zealand can claim a past as colourful and chequered as that of Kororareka, in the Bay of Islands, later to become Russell. In the 1830s it was such a wild place that it earned the name 'hell-hole of the Pacific'. Whalers, sealers, escaped convicts, seamen, and adventurers descended on the little Maori village. Drunkenness, debauchery, grog shops, and the oldest profession proliferated. It rivaled similar settlements around the Pacific, such as Sydney, San Francisco, and Hawaii. Richard Wolfe's new book reminds us that early periods of European settlement were often a torrid and eventful time. Includes a photo insert and maps of the area.

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Hellhole of the Pacific No settlement in New Zealand can claim a past as colourful and chequered as that of Kororareka in the Bay of Islands, later to become Russell. In the 1830s it was such a wild place that it earned the name 'hellhole of the Pacific'. Whalers, sealers, escaped convicts, seamen and adventurers descended on the little Maori village. Drunkenness, debauchery, grog shops and the oldest profession prolife... Full description

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Global
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0143019872
• ISBN 13: 9780143019879
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240