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Trading and fishing, Kororāreka

Trading and fishing, Kororāreka
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Trading and fishing, Kororāreka
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Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
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This 1835 painting shows two groups of French sailors hauling in fishing lines on the beach at Kororāreka (later Russell) in the Bay of Islands. Some Māori are helping with the fishing, while a larger group of Māori women are talking to other sailors in the foreground. During the visit of the French ship La Favoritein 1831, its captain, Cyrille-Pierre Laplace, wrote that locals had tried hard to acquire powder, shot and biscuits, while the young women had distracted his men from fishing by ru...

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Date created
22 March 2011
Creator
Barthelemy Lauvergne
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Alexander Turnbull Library
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https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/28549/trading-and-fishing-kororareka

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