Landfall Nelson - By Sailing Ship - 1642-1842

Anchor Press, Nelson, 1978.Illustrated boards in tidy condition. Contents tight and pretty clean. Previous owner name on title page and also on rear e/p. 150pp with map at rear. Slight musty smell. Dust jacket has chipping and tears to spine ends and corners. It has been covered.
This book tells the story of the ships that sailed into Nelson waters in the years from 1642, when Abel Tasman anchored in a calm sea off Cape Farewell, to the time exactly 200 years later when the first emigrant ships of the New Zealand Company berthed in Nelson Haven to establish a proud province.