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Click each items photo for more details and to add it to your cart. A force of around 400 ngapuhi and ngati hine had built large earthern fortifications called a pa, which they had designed to defend against the british strategy and armaments of the day. A rare of collection of historical books of reading, pa and berks county. Tensions increased after governor william hobsons transfer of the capital to auckland in 1841 and an australian depression created an economic recession in the bay of islands. Since there are more than 2,000 historical markers within pennsylvanias borders, weve organized them by theme to make your exploration easier. Heke and kawiti had escaped with their forces largely intact, and the terms of the subsequent peace settlement suggest that they had won a strategic victory. Local history books on pennsylvania arcadia publishing.

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