The Voyages of Abel Janszoon Tasman Tapa dura - 1968

Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1968. hardcover. Good/Missing. 8x5x1. 1968; Oxford; Ex-Library with typical stamps and markings; blue cloth covered boards with gold titles; light edge wear; interior clean and unmarked; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; 375 pages

Oxford University Press, 1968-04. Hardcover. Good.

London: Clarendon Press, 1968. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in good dustjacket), maps (including fold-out at front), black & white drawings, light foxing edges, reverse side jacket lightly foxed & toned (front flap price-clipped, spine little rubbed, few tiny rubbed parts, some edgewear corner tips), boards slightly marked, small lightly rubbed patch free flyleaf, endpapers lightly foxed, non-author written & dated dedication prelim page. 375 pp. Title: The Voyages of Abel Janszoon Tasman, by Andrew Sharp. Andrew Sharp outlines the early life and voyages of the famous Dutch navigator Abel Tasman, and the general European exploration of the South Pacific and Australia up to 1642. He then follows detailed studies of Tasman's main voyages of 1642-3 and 1644, during which he made outstanding contributions including the first circumnavigation of Australia (without realising it, landing in southern Tasmania) to discovery in the South Pacific, including New Zealand.… Leer más

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.