Of Johnsonville, Wellington
Bell, J A (Mr), active 1990s
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Manuscript
Travels in New Zealand / transcribed by J A Bell
Date: 1886, 1993
From: McNab, John, b 1855 : Diary and travel account
Reference: MS-Papers-6235-3
Description: Title continues:`...off for a holiday, or, Glimpses of Maoriland'. McNab recounts his journey with technical details about the transport he took, various points of interest such as lengths of tunnels, Windy Wellington, and he includes poems; he names and describes each geyser at the Pink and White Terraces, particularly notes churches visited and people he met. Relationship complexity - Photocopy of original volume at MS-Papers-6190 and microfilm at Micro-MS-0930 In Feb 1886 McNab left his home in Timaru for a tour of the North Island travelling by train, steamer, and coach from Christchurch, Wellington to Napier, Tauranga, the Pink and White Terraces, Auckland, New Plymouth, Wanganui, Palmerston North, Masterton, back to Wellington, Lyttelton, and home to Timaru Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript
Manuscript
Diary of a voyage / transcribed by J A Bell
Date: 1881-1885, 1993
From: McNab, John, b 1855 : Diary and travel account
Reference: MS-Papers-6235-2
Description: Title continues:`...via Naples and Suez Canal to Australia in the SS `Orient' of 5386 tons register and 5400 horse power thence to New Zealand by SS `Rotomahana' of 1727 tons register and 2000 horse power'. Holograph diary in which McNab describes his voyage to New Zealand in 1881, noting the position of vessel, life on board ship, places passed by or visited, other vessels sighted and events that caught his interest; revised in 1885; Bell has included an entry for McNab from the `Cyclopedia of New Zealand' and a foreword. McNab left Glasgow 24 Oct 1881 for London and Gravesend; the `Orient' reached Australia Dec 1881 and transhipped to the `Rotomahana', arriving at Port Chalmers 13 Dec 1881 Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
McNab, John, b 1855 : Diary and travel account
Date: 1881-1886
By: Bell, J A (Mr), active 1990s
Reference: MS-Group-0707
Description: Comprises photocopy of holograph diary of a voyage via Naples and Suez Canal to Australia in the SS `Orient'...thence to New Zealand by SS `Rotomahana' by McNab; transcription of same by J A Bell, with additional notes; and photocopy of original ms, `Travels in New Zealand; off for a holiday, or, Glimpses of Maoriland' by McNab; and transcription by Bell. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 4 folder(s). 1 microfilm reel(s). 0.05 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and typescripts