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Changing cost of muskets 1814-1827

This diagram shows that muskets were most costly when they were most in demand – at the time of the great northern taua (raids) to the south, between 1818 and the early 1820s.

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Credit

Diagram from New Zealand 1815–1870: the making of a colony, Students’ Bateman Historical Atlas, David Bateman Ltd, Auckland, 2000

Permission of David Bateman Ltd must be obtained before any reuse of this material.

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