Auction 359 Old & Rare Books - Various subjects
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MARITIME HISTORY - TRAVELLING -- SCHOUTEN, W.C. Journael van de Wonderlijcke Reyse Gedaen door Willem Cornelisz. Schouten van Hoorn, In de Jaren 1615. 1616. en 1617. Verhalende hoe dat hy bezuyden de Straet Magellanes, eenen nieuwen Doorganck ghevonden heeft streckende tot in de Zuydt-Zee met de vreemdigheden der Volckeren Landen en Wonderheden die men aldaer gezien heeft. Amst., Weduwe M. de Groot and G. de Groot, n.d. (±1665). 48 pp. W. fold. engr. map, woodcut ill. on title and 6 ills. in the text (1x repeat of title-ill.). Sm-4°. Modern h. vellum. (Corners of map cut off, title-p. repaired, some yellowing, some waterstains, pp. cut short).

Report of the expedition under the leadership of Jacob le Maire, intended to enter the Pacific without infringing on the monopoly of the Dutch East India Company. It was the first expedition to round Cape Horn (named after Schouten's birthplace Hoorn) on January 29th 1616. - Tiele 989; Cat. NHSM 118.

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