William Colenso: His Life and Journeys

New edition of biography first published in 1948. Born in Penzance in 1811, Colenso was perhaps the most interesting of New Zealand's early missionaries. A Church Missionary Society printer, he established the first printing press, was our first printer and printed the first book, 5000 copies of the New Testament in Maori, 365 pages in extent, in 1837. Next came 27,000 copies of the Book of Common Prayer in Maori. William Colenso: His Life and Journeys is the most thoroughly researched and comprehensive biography of this forceful individual, deserving a new edition.