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A succinct account of the adventures of Mr William Adams.
William Adams (1564-1620) was the first Englishman to reach Japan, arriving on a Dutch ship at Bungo (a principality containing present day Usuki City) in May 1600. After a summons by the Emperor at Osaka, imprisonment and interrogation, he was…
Thoughts: Song dedicated to all whose loved ones have suffered in the Great War.
Sheet music of A H Banwell and R.S. Black's 'Thoughts: song dedicated to all whose loved ones have suffered in the Great War'
Thatcher's Otago songster. Containing many of the popular local songs, as written and sung by him at the Corinthian Hall, Dunedin. [No. 1]
Song Lyrics (descriptions and parodies) by Charles R. Thatcher about Otago. Cover shows the price is one shilling. The songster was published and printed by Joseph Mackay. Music is not provided, but a note regarding what tune the song should be sung…
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Neath the light of a perfect peace : song
Sheet music of Arnold Abbott and Hal Abbott's 'Neath the light of a perfect peace.'
Every man his own gardener
15th ed.
Ruins of the palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Spalatro in Dalmatia
In 1754 Robert Adam left Scotland for France and Italy on a Grand Tour. In Italy he met the French architect, Charles Louis Clérisseau, and the Italian, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, who would both have a significant influence upon him and his later…
Dunedin Poem
Not only does this pamphlet's content affirm that tourism can be local, but the poem by Thomas Bracken praises our local attractions over a selection of the European highlights.
Good old New Zealand
Sheet music of Louis A. Benzoni's 'Good old New Zealand'
A book for the tourist
This curious book proved very popular in its day, perhaps because a traveller following its prescriptions could be sure of returning with much new knowledge and a broader understanding of the world. That is, if he survived the cool reactions of the…
Boswell and Brydon
By the second half of the eighteenth century, the grand tour had been so frequently recounted that Boswell and Brydone both sought more remote corners of Italy. Boswell's usual irrepressible enthusiasm and undaunted effrontery secured him the…
God defend New Zealand : dedicated by permission to His Excellency the most honorable the Marquis Governor of Normanby, New Zealand
Sheet music of 'God defend New Zealand : dedicated by permission to His Excellency the most honorable the Marquis Governor of Normanby, New Zealand'
Our New Zealand boys and Game of politics
Also Legend of New Zealand wild flowers
cover reads: smoke Winifred cigarettes
cover reads: smoke Winifred cigarettes
Brice's guide to Paris
Into its seventh edition, Brice's guide to Paris clearly satisfied its customers, who needed two volumes just to appreciate what one city had to offer. Illustrations were also clearly a stong selling point, indicating that the book was appreciated at…
New Zealand alpines in field and garden
Walter Boa Brockie (1897-1972) was the curator of the Otari Open-air Native Plant Museum from 1947 to 1962, following Leonard Cockayne (1926-1934). He had a special interest in alpine plants, having worked with James McPherson on the development of…