Boultbee, John, 1799-1854 : Journal of a rambler with a sketch of his life from 1817 to 1834, including a narrative of 3 years' residence in New Zealand

Voyage to Brazil, 1817, brief residence in Barbados, 1818; sealing in Bass Strait area, 1823, pilot at Port Macquarie before joining sealers around south-west coast of South Island, 1825-1828. Describes Maori friends, including chief Topi Patuki and others; Maori life and customs; sealing and trading personalities and activities in the area; flora, fauna, geographical details. Worked in Australia, 1829-1830 before going to Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore and Ceylon, where he died. Also Maori and Malay vocabularies, settlements in Solander's Straits, etc.

Publication - Journal of a rambler; the journal of John Boultbee / edited by June Starke [Auckland: Oxford University Press, 1986]

Other - All images are in folder at back of volume

Quantity: 1 volume(s) (310 pages).

Physical Description: Holograph (34 cm; handmade soiled sailcloth in blue morocco hinged-lid box)

Contains 9 pages of illustrations. Includes sketches of canoes, long club or mipe, greenstone maree, fish hooks, Maori dwellings, tattoos, landscapes and islands. Also a colour printed sketch of a meeting between Maori and Europeans

Microfilm copies available in Katherine Mansfield Reading Room. Use MS-Copy-Micro-0623

Alternative form available: Typescript available. Use qMS-0258.