Featherston's Crusoe: A female caucasion castaway in eighteenth century Aotearoa.

About this item

Title

Featherston's Crusoe: A female caucasion castaway in eighteenth century Aotearoa.

Content partner

Open Polytechnic

Collection

Open Polytechnic Repository

Description

The discovery by Sam Tobin in 2004 of a European woman�s skull, subsequently radiocarbon dated at 300 years old, on the banks of the Ruamahanga River in South East Featherston in the lower North Island of New Zealand, raises the question of the possibility of a European presence (if not settlement) in Aotearoa before Cook during the European enlightenment era. This paper will explore the options the researcher has for reconstructing her possible origins as European woman and shipwreck survivo...

Read more

Format

Research paper

Research format

Journal article

Date created

2010

Creator

Strongman, L.

URL

http://hdl.handle.net/11072/1094

Related subjects

New Zealand / Ruamahanga / Aotearoa / Captain Cook / Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts - General

What is the copyright status of this item?

All Rights Reserved

This item is all rights reserved, which means you'll have to get permission from Open Polytechnic before using it.

More Information

Open Polytechnic has this to say about the rights status of this item:

All rights reserved

What can I do with this item?

You must always check with Open Polytechnic to confirm the specific terms of use, but this is our understanding:

Non-infringing use

NZ Copyright law does not prevent every use of a copyright work. You should consider what you can and cannot do with a copyright work.

No sharing

You may not copy and/or share this item with others without further permission. This includes posting it on your blog, using it in a presentation, or any other public use.

No modifying

You are not allowed to adapt or remix this item into any other works.

No commercial use

You may not use this item commercially.