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| Chapter | Page | |
| I. | Discovery by Tasman, 1642 | 1 |
| II. | Cook Explores, 1770 | 13 |
| III. | Cook's Second Visit, 1773 | 31 |
| IV. | Cook's Third and Fourth Visits, 1773–1774 | 47 |
| V. | Cook's Last Visit, La Perouse and Bligh, 1776 to 1788 | 62 |
| VI. | Vancouver's Visit, 1791 | 77 |
| VII. | First Sealing Gang, 1792 | 90 |
| VIII. | Malaspina Visits Doubtful Sound, 1793 | 101 |
| IX. | Wreck of the Endeavour, 1795 | 111 |
| X. | Bass and His Monopoly, 1801 to 1803 | 125 |
| XI. | First Sealers Arrive, 1803 to 1805 | 133 |
| XII. | The Sealing Islands, 1804 to 1808 | 142 |
| XIII. | Stewart Island Exploited, 1809–1810 | 155 |
| XIV. | Marquarie Island Trade, 1810 to 1820 | 173 |
| XV. | The Flax Trade, 1813–1814 | 191 |
| XVI. | Sealing Experiences, 1808 to 1820 | 207 |
| The Mystery of the Solanders, 1808–1813—The Active's Gang, 1810–1813—The Matilda at Otago, 1813—The Voyage of the Betsy, 1815—Marooned on the Snares, 1810–1817—The Sophia Massacre, 1817—Head Collectors, 1820 | ||
| XVII. | Bellingshausen at Queen Charlotte Sound, 1820 | 235 |
| XVIII. | Trade of the Early Twenties | 257 |
| XIX. | The Far South, 1820 to 1830 | 275 |
| XX. | The General Gates, 1819 to 1824 | 294 |
| XXI. | Cruise of the Snapper, 1822 to 1823 | 306 |
| XXII. | The Natives, 1823 | 321 |
| XXIII. | First Coastal Description, 1823 | 330 |
| XXIV. | The Later Twenties | 341 |
| XXV. | Colonization Schemes, 1825 to 1827 | 356 |
| XXVI. | Discovery of the French Pass, 1827 | 367 |
| XXVII. | Cook Strait and Vicinity, 1830 to 1833 | 379 |
| XXVIII. | Foveaux Strait and Vicinity, 1830 to 1835 | 379 |
| XXIX. | Otago Whaling Station, 1831 to 1835 | 409 |
| XXX. | Cook Strait, 1834 | 421 |
| XXXI. | Cook Strait and Chatham Island, 1835 | 432 |



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