Savage Life and Scenes in Australia and New Zealand Angas Paperback Volume 2

Savage Life and Scenes in Australia and New ZealandBeing an Artist's Impressions of Countries and People at the Antipodes\nAuthor(s): George French Angas\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108039079, 978-1108039079\nSynopsis\nGeorge French Angas [tel] gave up a career in business to become an artist, and his interest in natural history and ethnology is apparent throughout his work. In the early 1840s he travelled to Australia and New Zealand. His paintings from this period were later exhibited and formed the basis of two important large-format books of lithographs that appeared in 1849, having been announced in this two-volume 1847 account of his travels. Volume 2 describes Angas' journey of nearly 800 miles on foot from Auckland into the volcanic interior of North Island, and the spectacular landscapes he saw there. He recounts how he 'invariably experienced hospitality and protection' among th.