The Enderby Settlement
By Conon Fraser
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This book is a history of the British Enderby settlement on the Auckland Islands 1849-52 and its associated whaling venture. Isolation, a stormswept climate, unproductive soil, inexperienced crews, drunkenness and above all an unexpected shortage of whales meant the raw colony
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The Enderby Settlement
9780947522377
by Conon Fraser
14 May 2018
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256
4.58 MB
English
Author Biography
Conon Fraser was a historian and author whose earlier books include Beyond the Roaring Forties: New Zealand's Subantarctic Islands (1986) and the edited volume Enderby Settlement Diaries (1999). He was also a much-published freelance journalist and short-story writer, and a director/producer/ writer of numerous television and film documentaries including the award-winning Coal Valley, Children of the Mist, The Kauri, and Beyond the Roaring Forties.