Report from author:
Conquistador Puzzle Trail by New Zealand Author Winston Cowie will
be launched at The Kumara Box in Dargaville, New Zealand on Saturday 11 July
2015.
Drop in between 1:30-5pm, grab a book, get it signed, and for
those that RSVP and grab a book, a showing of David Sims and Winston Cowie's
documentary 'Mystery at Midge Bay' will screen between 5-6pm. Details
below.
Praised by both the Portuguese and Spanish Embassies to Australia
and New Zealand, Conquistador Puzzle Trail is a comprehensive assessment of
potential pre-Tasman Portuguese and Spanish discovery voyages to Australia and
New Zealand. Conquistador Puzzle Trail is the new and current ‘go to’
international text on the subject that the Portuguese and / or Spanish may have
discovered Australia and New Zealand. It also presents details of New Zealand’s
‘oldest’ shipwreck, a likely Dutch vessel.
Everybody has heard little tidbits about the Conquistador Puzzle
whether it be about alleged caravels wrecked on Dargaville’s coast; ‘Spanish’
helmets being found and reburied on the Pouto Peninsula; oral tradition of
sailors coming ashore and being massacred by Maori or Aborigines; pohutukawas
on the far side of the world; or the Napier Broome Bay cannon or Mahogany ship
in Australia, to name a few.
Check out the cover!
Conquistador Puzzle Trail takes the reader through each puzzle
piece, puts the arguments for and against its antiquity to the reader, and
encourages the reader to decide what part of the Conquistador Puzzle that piece
forms.
Each puzzle piece is presented to you on its own merit; I explain
how I came across it, what or who is the source of the puzzle piece, and let
you decide where it fits into the theoretical framework. If a puzzle piece
doesn’t fit, it doesn’t fit; I have not tried to twist a puzzle piece to fit
with the theory. Each puzzle piece is what it is and means what it means.
All the pieces of this perplexing puzzle, however, should at the
very least lead to the reader agreeing that a different theory does exist to
that of the traditional discovery paradigm of New Zealand and Australia; that
being that the Spanish and / or Portuguese may have been the first Europeans to
discover New Zealand. And in my view, the Portuguese, most likely and on the
balance of probabilities, discovered New Zealand and Australia between 1520 and
1524. And the Spanish may have also beat Abel Tasman between 1576-1578.
In saying that, it’s not what I think that is important, its what
you, the public, thinks about the theory that is important. I’ve merely had a
go at putting together the puzzle based on best available information. Have a
read and form a view!
Author’s Note: The Embassy of Spain to New Zealand has
been fantastic and their cooperation and collaboration has been gratefully
received by the author. I feel incredibly proud to have the permission to
include both the Embassy of Spain to New Zealand and the Spanish Organisation
for International Cooperation on Development logos on my book.
Where can you get a copy?
And for those that can’t make
the launch, Conquistador Puzzle Trail is available throughout New Zealand at
the following great book stores. Many thanks to Susan Holmes and the team
at Bookreps NZ Ltd for doing such a fantastic job with distribution.
North
island
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Northland
Paper Plus – Kerikeri
Moran’s Bookshop – Dargaville
Warkworth / Matakana
Paper Plus – Warkworth
The Village Bookshop – Matakana
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Auckland
Dear Reader – Grey Lynn
Paper Plus – Howick
Paper Plus – Newmarket
Paper Plus – Ponsonby
Take Note – Waiheke
The Booklover – Milford / Takapuna
Unity Books –
Auckland Central
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Bay of Plenty
Paper Plus – Taradale
Books A Plenty – Tauranga
Paper Plus – Te Puke
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Thames
Carson’s Bookshop – Thames
Waikato
Penny’s Bookstore – Chartwell, Hamilton
Taranaki
Paper Plus – New Plymouth
Paper Plus – Stratford
Stead & Daughters – Whanganui
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Central North Island
Mcleods Booksellers – Rotorua
Paper Plus – Taupo
Paper Plus – Rotorua Central
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Wellington / Lower North Island
Marsden Bookstore – Karori, Wellington
Unity Books – Wellington
Victoria University Bookcentre – Wellington
Paper Plus – Kilbirnie, Wellington
Almo Books – Carterton
Paper Plus – Feilding
Paper Plus – Levin
Paper Plus – Lower Hutt
Paper Plus – Masterton
Paper Plus – Upper Hutt
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South
Island
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Nelson
Page & Blackmore – Nelson
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Christchurch
All Books New Zealand – Christchurch
Paper Plus – Merivale
Paper Plus – Rangiora
Paper Plus – South City
Picadilly Bookshop – Christchurch
Scorpio Books – Christchurch
Take Note – Kaiapoi
Tower Junction – Christchurch
University Bookshop –
Canterbury
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Otago / Southland
Paper Plus – Balclutha
Paper Plus – Dunedin
Paper Plus – Gore
Take Note Book City – Dunedin
University Bookshop – Dunedin
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For more details and my first video blog, please visit www.winstoncowie.com
2 comments:
Do you know where I can order this online? I very much want to read this, but I live in Australia so the places to buy are not much use to me when there are only bricks and mortar places listed :-(
Try the website at the foot of the story?
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