James Cowan
(Person)

Works by this Author in Our Collection

• An Introduction by Mr James Cowan in The Story Of Gate Pa, April 29th, 1864
• The Adventures of Kimble Bent
• Fairy Folk Tales of the Maori
• Hero Stories of New Zealand
• Legends of the Maori (Volume 1)
• Letter from James Cowan to Horace Fildes
• Letter from James Cowan to Horace Fildes, 14 June 1922
• Letter from James Cowan to Horace Fildes, 16 December 1922
• The Maori: Yesterday and To-day
• The Maoris in the Great War: A History of The New Zealand Native Contingent and Pioneer Battalion: Gallipoli, 1915, France and Flanders, 1916-1918
• The New Zealand Wars: A History of the Maori Campaigns and the Pioneering Period: Volume I: 1845–1864
• The New Zealand Wars: A History of the Maori Campaigns and the Pioneering Period: Volume II: The Hauhau Wars, 1864–72
• Sir Donald Maclean

Works by this Author in other Collections

• Art. XVIII.—Maori Place-names: with Special Reference to the Great Lakes and Mountains of the South Island., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
• Oxford Atlas for New Zealand Second Edition, in Te Ao Hou
• Art. XLII.—Notes on some South Island Birds, and Maori Associations connected therewith., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Editor of

• Legends of the Maori

Image Gallery

Mentioned in

• 'Something of Them Is Here Recorded': Official History in New Zealand
• Book & Print in New Zealand : A Guide to Print Culture in Aotearoa
  • Type and materials
  • Encouragement to publish
  • The people
• Discoverers of the Cook Islands and the Names They Gave
  • XVII. Suwarrow
  • XXIX. Suwarrow and Palmerston
• England and the Maori Wars
  • Acknowledgment
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 15 — War With Te Kooti And Titokowaru
  • Index
  • Biographies
  • (b)Later Works
• Hauhauism: An Episode in the Maori Wars 1863-1866
  • INTRODUCTION. — An Historical Retrospect: The Maori Wars, — 1860–1864.
  • APPENDIX II — The Niu.
  • THE RAUPO SERIES OF GIFT BOOKLETS.
• Hero Stories of New Zealand
  • First over the Alps — The Epic of Raureka and the Greenstone
  • Notes.
• Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.
  • Te Kani-a-Takirau and the Maori Kingship
  • A Gay Lothario
• Legends of the Maori
  • [title page]
  • Preface
• Maori and Missionary: Early Christian Missions in the South Island of New Zealand
  • [subsection]
• Maori Wars of the Nineteenth Century:
  • Fall of Te Totara pa, 1821.
• Moko; or Maori Tattooing
  • [frontispiece inserts]
• Murihiku: A History of the South Island of New Zealand and the Islands Adjacent and Lying to the South, from 1642 to 1835
  • [1909 Preface]
  • CHAPTER XXII. — The Natives, 1823.
  • INDEX.
• Nga kōrero a Reweti Kohere Mā
  • Te Mate Nui o Waikato
• Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists: A Guide & Handbook
  • ARDEN, Francis (known as Frank) b. c.1851
  • BARNICOAT, John Wallis 1814–1905
  • BRIDGE, Col Cyprian c.1808–1883
• Plume of the Arawas
  • Foreword
• Robley: Te Ropere, 1840—1930
  • Chronology
  • Male Portraits
  • Primary Sources
• Robley — Soldier with a Pencil
  • References
• Sir Donald Maclean
  • Preface
• The Early Journals of Henry Williams
  • V — January to December 1831
• The Life and Work of Richard John Seddon
  • Preface.
• The Long White Cloud
  • INDEX
  • New Zealand Literature
  • New Zealand Literature
• The Maori King
  • Editor's Introduction
• The Maori Race
  • Preface. — [By the Author.]
  • Forts.
• The Maoris in the Great War
  • [title page]
• The Maoris of the South Island
  • Chapter I — The Origin of the Maori
• The New Zealand Wars: A History of the Maori Campaigns and the Pioneering Period: Volume II: The Hauhau Wars, (1864–72)
  • Chapter 20: OPENING OF TITOKOWARU'S CAMPAIGN
• The Story of a Maori Chief
  • [section]
  • Hauhaus Enter Ngati-Porou Territory
  • Pakairomiromi Taken
  • Fall of Hungahunga-Toroa
  • The Passing of Kohere—A Rangatira's Wish
  • Sources Consulted
• The Story Of Gate Pa, April 29th, 1864
  • Preface
  • A Few Reflections — Where Is Gate Pa?
  • An Introduction by Mr James Cowan
• Vikings of the Sunrise
  • 19. The Southern Angle
  • Bibliography
  • Index

Cited in

• A Bibliography of Online Resources for the "Moko; or Maori Tattooing" Project
• Discoverers of the Cook Islands and the Names They Gave
  • XVII. Suwarrow
  • XXIX. Suwarrow and Palmerston
• Hauhauism: An Episode in the Maori Wars 1863-1866
  • SECONDARY SOURCES.
• Robley: Te Ropere, 1840—1930
  • Primary Sources
  • Bibliography
• Robley — Soldier with a Pencil
  • References
• Takitimu
  • List of Books and Authorities Consulted and Thanked.
• The Early Journals of Henry Williams
  • V. Later Works, Pamphlets, &c.
• Vikings of the Sunrise
  • Bibliography

External Links

• Dictionary of New Zealand Biography

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