Biography
**William Colenso** (17 November 1811 – 10 February 1899) FRS was a Cornish Christian missionary to New Zealand, and also a printer, botanist, explorer and politician. He attended the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi and later wrote an account of the events at Waitangi.
Books by William Colenso
Maori-English Lexicon : Being
Maori-English Lexicon : Being a Comprehensive Dictionary of the New Zealand Tongue
Maori-English Lexikon [specime
Maori-English Lexikon [specimens of a Maori-engl. and Engl. -maori Dictionary]
Ancient Tide-Lore and Tales of
Ancient Tide-Lore and Tales of the Sea, from the Two Ends of the World
An Account Of Visits To, And Crossings Over, The Ruahine Mountain Range, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
On the Māori races of New Zeal
On the Māori races of New Zealand
Traditions of the Maoris / W.
Traditions of the Maoris / W. Colenso
The authentic and genuine history of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, New Zealand, February 5 and 6, 1840
A Maori-English lexicon
A Maori-English lexicon
A description of some new indi
A description of some new indigenous New Zealand forest ferns
A description of a few more ne
A description of a few more newly-discovered indigenous plants; being a further contribution towards the making known the botany of New Zealand
A description of two new ferns
A description of two new ferns and one new Lycopodium, lately detected in our New Zealand forests
An account of the finding of t
An account of the finding of two Australian plants, hitherto unnoticed, here in New Zealand
A description of a few lately-
A description of a few lately-discovered rare indigenous ferns
A list of fungi recently detec
A list of fungi recently detected and collected in the Bush District, county of Hawke's Bay; being a further contribution to the indigenous flora of New Zealand
Memorandum of a few new specie
Memorandum of a few new species of Hepaticae lately detected in the seventy-mile Bush District; as kindly determined by Dr. F. Stephani, of Berlin
A list of new species of Hepat
A list of new species of Hepaticae novae-zelandiae, named by F. Stephani, Leipzig
Description of three species o
Description of three species of newly-discovered New Zealand ferns
Plain and practical thoughts a
Plain and practical thoughts and notes on New Zealand botany
A description of some newly-di
A description of some newly-discovered indigenous plants, being a further contribution towards the making known the botany of New Zealand
An enumeration of fungi recent
An enumeration of fungi recently discovered in New Zealand
A description of some newly di
A description of some newly discovered phaenogamic plants
Ancient tide-lore and tales of
Ancient tide-lore and tales of the sea, from the ends of the world. Also some highly curious ancient andlegendary little known east coast Maori stories
Fifty years ago in New Zealand
Fifty years ago in New Zealand
A description of some newly-di
A description of some newly-discovered cryptogamic plants, being a further contribution towards the making known the botany of New Zealand
A description of four new fern
A description of four new ferns from our New Zealand forests
Descriptions of a few new indi
Descriptions of a few new indigenous plants
On the large number of species
On the large number of species of ferns noticed in a small area in the New Zealand forests, in the Seventy-mile Bush, between Norsewood and Danneverke, in the provincial district of Hawke's Bay