Abel Janszoon Tasman and the Discovery of New Zealand

Book Description: Dept Internal Affairs, Wellington, NZ, 1942. This edition of part of Tasman's journal, with the introductory essay & poem, has been produced by the Government of New Zealand to commemorate the the centennial of the first discovery of the country 1642-1942. Heavy brown dust wrapper over plain card. Red and black titles and illustration on front. Abel Janszoon Tasman missing from title on DW (presumably faded out?). Jacket is browned with chipping to edges and spine. 66pp. Contents tight but heavily foxed, particularly to e/p's and page edges. No inscriptions.