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WEST INDIES -- BERKEL, A. v. Amerikaansche Voyagien, Behelzende een Reis na Rio de Berbice, Gelegen op het vaste Land van Guiana, aande Wilde-kust van America, Mitsgaders een andere na de Colonie van Suriname, (…). Ondermengd met alle byzonderheden noopende de Zeden, Gewoonten, en Levenswijs der Inboorlingen, Boom- en Aardgewassen, Waaren en Koopmanschappen, (etc.). Rott., J. ten Hoorn, 1695. 2 parts in 1 vol. (8), 39, (4) pp. W. engr. front. dep. a native wrestling a leopard and 2 fold. plates by C. Luyken. 4°. Old vellum bind. (Bind. dam., contents slightly browned, small rep. to upper outer corner of r° 1a1, but else a good copy).
One of the most important and earliest publications of the Dutch presence in modern Guyana and one of the rarest titles on Surinam. It is one of the first printed reports on the Dutch Colonies of Berbice and Essequibo and the only existing eyewitness information on Berbice dating from this period. The first part of the book consists of van Berkel’s voyage to the Colony of Berbice between 1670 and 1674 (incl. descriptions of several Indian tribes, and treatment of slaves), the second part is a fictitious journey to Surinam made in the 1680s. In this travelogue he wrote for the first time about the electric eel. - Doorne/Kempen, Suriname-cat. v.d. UB A'dam, 0599; Sabin 4874; Tiele 95 (erroneously calls for 1693 as year of publication); Van Eeghen/v.d. Kellen 258; Klaversma/Hannema 147. Extensively: v.d. Bel, Hulsman & Wagenaar "The Voyages of Adriaan van Berkel to Guiana: Amerindian-Dutch Relationships in 17th-Century Guyana" (2014).€ 2000
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