Hell-Hole of the Pacific

Name: Hell-Hole of the Pacific
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ISBN: 9780143019879

ISBN-10: 0143019872

ISBN-13: 9780143019879

Edition: 2005

Authors: Richard Wolfe

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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. At one stage the town was said to be harbouring a greater number of rogues than any other spot of equal size in the universe. New Zealand's first duel with pistols was fought on the beach, and our first police force was established there. Punishment such as tarring and feathering was meted out…

Book details

List price: $21.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Publication date: 12/28/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English