{"product_id":"early-maritime-tauranga-by-trevor-bentley-9780473701901","title":"Early Maritime Tauranga","description":"Some of the most interesting and important events in Tauranga's\n  history took place before its occupation by the British and colonial forces,\n  and the battles of Gate Pa and Te Ranga in 1864.  In this book, historian Trevor Bentley\n  brings Tauranga's colour and dramatic, pre-colonial, maritime history to\n  light.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is a fascinating history of daring Polynesian\n  migrant-settlers and resident iwi, who, for hundreds of years, plied the\n  harbour waters and seas of Tauranga Moana in a variety of waka.  It is also the story of visiting European\n  explorers, whaling skippers, pirates, sea-traders, hydrographers, shipwreck\n  survivors, fugitive convicts and sailors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescribing Tauranga's seas, seagoing vessels and seafarers, it\n  reveals the sailing skills, arrival and impacts of invading tribal waka\n  fleets, whaler-musket trading vessels, missionaries, flax traders, colonial\n  officials and boat builders.  It\n  details the enterprise of local hapu during Tauranga's shipbuilding and\n  Auckland's provisions booms, and the courage and seamanship of the captains\n  and crews of Tauranga's early trading fleets.","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47900346188012,"sku":"9780473701901","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780473701901-early-maritime-tauranga.gif?v=1783401387","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/early-maritime-tauranga-by-trevor-bentley-9780473701901","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}