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Bunker, J. Portrait of Admiral Henry Wandesforde Comber. Oil on canvas UC/MBL/1668
Comber, Henry W.
Private Journal of the Proceedings of H.M.S Herald from June 18, 1838 to July 1941
[MS 278, MB 814]
Comber, H.W., McIntyre, W.D., McIntyre, M., & the Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies
Tour of duty: Midshipman Comber's journal aboard HMS Herald on the East Indies station - Australia, New Zealand & China, 1838-42.
Christchurch, 1999
Herbert, K.M.
Comber manuscript, c. 1996
Spare copy of Herbert Fenwick's memoir on Midshipman Comber's family background.
MB 525
Unknown
French Legion of Honour Medal, Napoleon III, Knight Insignia.
UC/MBL/1814
Unknown
Turkish Crimean War Medal 1855.
UC/MBL/1818
Wyon, William [Designer]
First China War Medal, 1842.
UC/MBL/1815
Wyon, B. [Designer]
Crimea War Medal 1854 Medal.
UC/MBL/1816
Wyon, L.C. [Designer]
Baltic Medal 1854-55.
UC/MBL/1817
Resources for other Voyages of the HMS Herald
David, Andrew C. F.
The voyage of HMS Herald to Australia and the South-West Pacific 1852-1861 under the command of Captain Henry Mangles Denham.
Melbourne, 1995.
Seemann, Berthold Carl
Flora Vitiensis : a description of the plants of the Viti or Fiji Islands, with an account of their history, uses, and properties /
London, 1865-1873.
Resources for the Treaty of Waitangi
Bunbury, Thomas
Reminiscences of a veteran : Being personal and military adventures in Portugal, Spain, France ... New Zealand [etc].
London, 1861
Colenso, William
The authentic and genuine history of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, New Zealand, February 5 and 6, 1840 : being a faithful and circumstantial, though brief, narration of events which happened on that memorable occasion : with copies of the Treaty in English and Maori, and of the three early proclamations respecting the founding of the colony.
Wellington, 1890
Hall, T. D. H.
Captain Joseph Nias and the Treaty of Waitangi: a vindication.
Wellington, 1938
Hobson, William
Her Majesty Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, regarding with her royal favor the native chiefs and tribes of New Zealand ... = Ko Wikitoria, te Kuini o Ingarani, i tana mahara atawai ki nga rangatira me nga hapu o Nu Tirani, ...
Wellington, [1845?]
Margaret, Jennifer and the Manukau Institute of Technology Treaty Unit
Pākehā treaty work: an annotated bibliography.
Manukau, 2002
Belcher, Sir Edward
Narrative of a voyage round the world, performed in her majesty's ship Sulphur, during the years 1836-1842, including details of the naval operations in China, from Dec. 1840, to Nov. 1841.
London, 1843
Belcher, Sir Edward and Hinds, Richard Brinsley
Narrative of a voyage round the world, performed in her majesty's ship Sulphur, during the years 1836-1842, including details of the naval operations in China, from Dec. 1840, to Nov. 1841.
London, 1843
Bentham, George and Hinds, Richard Brinsley
The botany of the voyage of H.M.S. Sulphur, under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher during the years 1836-42: published under the authority of the Lords commissioners of the Admiralty.
London, 1844-1846
Bernard, William Dallas and Hall, Sir William Hutcheon
The Nemesis in China : comprising a history of the late war in that country; with an account of the colony of Hong-Kong. From notes of W.H. Hall, and personal observations by W.D. Bernard.
San Francisco, 1974
Hinds, Richard Brinsley
The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Sulphur, during the years 1836-42: atlas of plates, mammalia, birds, ichthyology.
London, 1843-1846
Coulter, John M. D.
Adventures on the western coast of South America, and the interior of California : including a narrative of incidents at the Kingsmill Islands, New Ireland, New Britain, New Guinea, and other islands in the Pacific Ocean.
London, 1847
Beechey, Frederick William
Narrative of a voyage to the Pacific and Beering strait, to co-operate with the polar expeditions: performed in his majesty's ship Blossom, under the command of Captain F.W. Beechey... in the years 1825,26,27,28.
London, 1831
Bentley, R.
Three years in the Pacific; containing notices of Brazil, Chile, Bolivia, Peru etc in 1831, 1832, 1833, 1834.
London, 1835
Fanning, Edmund
Voyages round the world, with selected sketches of voyages to the South seas, north and south Pacific Oceans, China, etc. performed under the command and agency of the author. Also, information relating to important late discoveries between the years 1792 and 1832 together with the report of the Commander of the first American exploring expedition, patronized by the United States government, in the brigs Seraph and Annawan, to the southern hemisphere.
London, 1834
Harvey, William H.
Nereis australis, or Algae of the southern ocean : being figures and descriptions of marine plants, collected on the shores of the Cape of Good Hope, the extra-tropical Australian colonies, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Antarctic regions; deposited in the Herbarium of the Dublin University.
London, 1847
Huish, Robert
A narrative of the voyages and travels of Captain Beechey to the Pacific and Behring's straits; performed in the years 1825, 26, 27 and 28. For the purpose of co-operating with the expeditions under Captains Parry and Franklin. And of Captain Back to the Thlew-Ee-Choh river and the Arctic sea, in search of the expedition under Captain J. Ross being the conclusion of the series of voyages instituted for the discovery of the north west passage, compiled from original and authenticated documents.
London, 1836
Reney, William
A narrative of the shipwreck of the Corsair; in the month of January, 1835, on an unknown reef near the Kingsmill islands, in the south Pacific ocean; with a detail of the sufferings of the crew.
London, 1836
Russell, Michael
Polynesia ; or, an historical account of the principal islands in the South Sea, including New Zealand ; the introduction of Christianity; and the actual condition of the inhabitants in regard to civilisation, commerce, and the arts of social life.
London, 1843
Wheeler, Daniel
Extracts from the letters and journal of Daniel Wheeler, now engaged in a religious visit to the inhabitants of some of the islands of the Pacific ocean, Van Dieman's Land, and New South Wales, accompanied by his son, Charles Wheeler.
Lindfield, 1835.