Ex-library. Library stamps and markings. Dust wrapper in plastic jacket taped to the boards. The front flap of the dust wrapper is missing, but the blurb from the front flap has been cut out and pasted to the front fly leaf. Unrelated marginalia on page 15. A good reading copy or working copy.; xiii, [1], 259, [1] pages + 6 maps + 4 plates. Blue cloth boards. Page dimensions: 216 x 137mm. 122 chapters. 4 page bibliography. Selected chapters: The Expedition of Ferdinand Magellan; The Portugese Discoveries; The Expedition of Miguel Lopez de Legaspi; Francis Drake; Jacob Le Maire; Abel Janzoon Tasman; Maarten Gerritszoon Vries; Edward David; Juan Rodriguez and Bernard de Egui; John Byron; Samuel Wallis; Philip Carteret; Captain Mortlock; George Bass; Captain Sawle; Captain Crozer; Nathaniel Cary; John Elphinstone Erskine. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

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Title: The Discovery of the Pacific Islands
Publisher: Clarendon Press, Oxford
Publication Date: 1960
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First Edition.
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Fair

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Malcolm Moncrief-Spittle, trading as Renaissance Books. Contact details: Renaissance Books, 271 High St, Dunedin 9016, New Zealand. Phone: +64 3 4719294. Email: info@renaissancebooks.co.nz. Website: www.renaissancebooks.co.nz. GST #39 820 209. Terms of Sale: All books may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund of the book price, not including shipping. Return shipping also refunded where books are not as described.

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