Thomas Brunner
Thomas Brunner (April 1821 – 22 April 1874) was an English-born surveyor and explorer remembered for his exploration of the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island.Brunner was born in April 1821 in Oxford. When he was fifteen, he began to learn architecture and surveying. In 1841, he joined the New Zealand Company in its venture to establish a settlement in the north of the South Island of New Zealand, to be called Nelson. As well as working as an apprentice surveyor and laying sections and roads for the new settlement, he explored the interior, seeking pastoral land for a growing colony. In 1846 he undertook extensive journeys with Charles Heaphy and a Ngāti Tūmatakōkiri tohunga named Kehu towards and along the West Coast.
In December 1846, Brunner commenced an expedition, accompanied by four Māori including Kehu, which began from Nelson. The party travelled down the Buller River and along the West Coast reaching as far south as Tititira Head, near Lake Paringa before returning to Nelson via the Arahura River. This arduous journey, which at one stage saw one of his legs paralysed, took him 550 days. He received honours from the Royal Geographical Society and the Société de Géographie (French Geographic Society). He continued to work as a surveyor and in 1851 was appointed Government Surveyor. He surveyed the sites, which he and Heaphy had scouted on previous explorations, for what would become the towns of Westport and Greymouth. He retired in 1869 and died of a stroke on 22 April 1874. Provided by Wikipedia
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4by Thomas Brunner, Jean-Philippe Lauffenburger, Sébastien Changey, Michel BassetGet full text
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8by Raik Schneider, Günther Gademann, Hans-Joachim Ochel, Karsten Neumann, Burkhard Jandrig, Peter Hass, Mathias Walke, Martin Schostak, Thomas Brunner, Frank ChristophGet full text
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9by Peter Hass, Ingo G. Steffen, Maciej Powerski, Konrad Mohnike, Max Seidensticker, Frank Meyer, Thomas Brunner, Robert Damm, Christoph Willich, Mathias Walke, Efstratios Karagiannis, Jazan Omari, Jens RickeGet full text
Published 2019-04-01
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10by Apisada Jiso, Philipp Demuth, Madeleine Bachowsky, Manuel Haas, Nina Seiwert, Daniel Heylmann, Birgit Rasenberger, Markus Christmann, Lea Dietrich, Thomas Brunner, Riyanti, Till F. Schäberle, Anuchit Plubrukarn, Jörg FahrerGet full text
Published 2021-06-01
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12by Pamela Minicozzi, Alfredo Carrato, Núria Malats, Francesco Sclafani, Thomas Brunner, Joan Prades, Antonella Cardone, Cristina Coll-Ortega, Samuel De Luze, Pascal Garel, Maria E Goossens, Roberto Grilli, Meggan Harris, Marleen Louagie, Stefano Partelli, Silvia Pastorekova, Marius Petrulionis, Bozena Smolkova, Josep M BorrasGet full text
Published 2020-12-01
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13by Carol I Geppert, Arndt Hartmann, Benjamin Frey, Markus Eckstein, Markus Hecht, Antoniu Oreste Gostian, Sandra Rutzner, Jens von der Grün, Thomas Illmer, Matthias G Hautmann, Gunther Klautke, Simon Laban, Thomas Brunner, Axel Hinke, Ina Becker, Sabine Semrau, Panagiotis Balermpas, Wilfried Budach, Heinrich Iro, Rainer FietkauGet full text
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14by Carol I Geppert, Arndt Hartmann, Benjamin Frey, Markus Eckstein, Markus Hecht, Antoniu Oreste Gostian, Sandra Rutzner, Jens von der Grün, Thomas Illmer, Matthias G Hautmann, Gunther Klautke, Simon Laban, Thomas Brunner, Axel Hinke, Ina Becker, Sabine Semrau, Panagiotis Balermpas, Wilfried Budach, Heinrich Iro, Rainer FietkauGet full text
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15by Sabine Semrau, Antoniu-Oreste Gostian, Maximilian Traxdorf, Markus Eckstein, Sandra Rutzner, Jens von der Grün, Thomas Illmer, Matthias Hautmann, Gunther Klautke, Simon Laban, Thomas Brunner, Bálint Tamaskovics, Benjamin Frey, Jian-Guo Zhou, Carol-Immanuel Geppert, Arndt Hartmann, Panagiotis Balermpas, Wilfried Budach, Udo Gaipl, Heinrich Iro, Rainer Fietkau, Markus HechtGet full text
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16by Daniel Martin, Panagiotis Balermpas, Johannes Gollrad, Christian Weiß, Chiara Valentini, Martin Stuschke, Henning Schäfer, Christoph Henkenberens, Jürgen Debus, David Krug, Thomas Kuhnt, Thomas Brunner, Tilman Bostel, Rita Engenhart-Cabillic, Ursula Nestle, Stephanie E. Combs, Claus Belka, Matthias Hautmann, Guido Hildebrandt, Cihan Gani, Bülent Polat, Claus Rödel, Emmanouil FokasGet full text
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17by Michael D. Chuong, Adeel Kaiser, Fazal Khan, Parag Parikh, Edgar Ben-Josef, Christopher Crane, Thomas Brunner, Toshiyuki Okumura, Niek Schreuder, Søren M. Bentzen, Alonso Gutierrez, Alejandra Mendez Romero, Alejandra Mendez Romero, Sang Min Yoon, Navesh Sharma, Tae Hyun Kim, Kazushi Kishi, Fred Moeslein, Sarah Hoffe, Tracey Schefter, Steven Hanish, Marta Scorsetti, Smith ApisarnthanaraxGet full text
Published 2019-05-01
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