abel janszoon tasman discovery new di tasman a j (2 risultati)

Wellington 1942. Small 4to. Orig. boards. In slightly shelf-soiled dustjacket (taped to spine). (66pp.). With title-vign., charts, plates, and text-illusts. NOTE: This work was produced by the Government of N.Z. to commemorate the Tercentennial of the first discovery of the country, 1642-1942.

Being photo-lithographic facsimiles of the original Manuscript in the Colonial Archives at the Hague, with an English translation and facsimiles of original maps to which are added Life and Labours of Abel Janszoon Tasman by J.E. Heeres . and Observations made with the Compass on Tasman's Voyage by Dr. W. Van Bemmelen . Amsterdam: Frederik Muller & Co., 1898. Thick large folio. Orig. full vellum. Spine Gilt. T.e.g. The silk ties on front and back covers are perished. (x, 196, ii, 60, ii, 164, ii, 22pp.). With 45 maps some of which are double-page and some partly hand-col., as well as 5 large fold. maps inside back cover, and text-illusts. Errata-slip at end. Some foxing on end-papers as usual, otherwise fine and complete. NOTE: Only 200 copies were printed. (F.16722). Rare.