An Indescribable Beauty: Letters home to Germany from Wellington, New Zealand, 1859 & 1862 - Rilegato

Krull, Friedrich August

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ISBN 10: 1877551333 ISBN 13: 9781877551338

Casa editrice: Awa Pr, 2013

Riassunto

A small but priceless addition to the historical record of early New Zealand, this unique book was published to recognize New Zealand's guest-of-honor status at the 2012 Frankfurt Book Fair. Beautifully illustrated with paintings and photographs from the 19th century, this account includes the astonishing letters of a 22-year-old adventurous German settler in early New Zealand. These letters describe the people, landscapes, and birds of early Wellington, Wairarapa, and Kapiti as he travelled on foot and horse around the lower and central North Island.

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Friedrich August Krull was a German settler in New Zealand in 1859.

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This unique book is a small but priceless addition to the historical record of early New Zealand, published to recognise New Zealand's guest of honour status at Frankfurt Book Fair 2012. On January 27, 1859, an adventurous young German arrived in Wellington after a four-month voyage on a Swedish ship. With great alacrity we helped the sailors weigh anchor, and with what suspense did H and I stand on the foredeck to get the first view of the town which was to become our new home, Friedrich Krull writes. After we entered through the narrow straits a beautiful harbour lay before us, surrounded by high hills, and behind it more hills ascending to the snowline. In the east we saw Wellington itself, stretching along the coast for a mile. We were amazed: we had not expected the place to be so big. So began the first of many letters Krull would write at the behest of the German naturalist and historian Ernst Boll - published in English translation in this outstanding book.

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• Editore: Awa Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1877551333
• ISBN 13: 9781877551338
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 134