Conquistador Puzzle Trail

Description

Sixteenth century maps of New Zealand and Australia, shipwrecks on New Zealand and Australia coasts, oral folklore of white voyagers coming ashore wearing armour, their massacre by local Maori and Aborigines, cannon, helmets, a ship's bell, ruins, stone crosses and other enigmatic artefacts found in the vicinity centuries later, red-haired and fair skinned Maori viewed by later voyagers. Join author Winston Cowie on his fascinating quest to solve the Conquistador puzzle. "A fascinating book and an important contribution for the investigation about the Portuguese having been the first Europeans to reach Australia and New Zealand almost 500 years ago" - Paulo Cunha Alves, Ambassador of Portugal to Australia and New Zealand