Two Worlds: First Meetings Between Maori and Europeans, 1642 1772

An ethnographic approach to the story of the first meetings between Maori and Europeans in New Zealand. Drawing on local tribal knowledge as well as European accounts, Salmond discredits the modern histories that trace their lineage from European discovery tales, and clearly reveals that both Maori and Europeans were active in these meetings and followed their own practical and political agendas. Thoroughly illustrated in b&w. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.