French Akaroa

by Peter Tremewan

The most comprehensive historical account in English about the lives of French immigrants in New Zealand in existence, this work tells how, in 1840, New Zealand was nearly divided into two countries--a French South Island and a British North Island. That year, the French government made a play for influence in the Pacific and sent French settlers to annex Southern New Zealand. When the French colonists arrived, however, the British had already gotten...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1877257974
• ISBN13: 9781877257971
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Canterbury University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.6" x 9.4"