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MARITIME HISTORY - TRAVELLING -- HERCKMANS, E. Der zee-vaert lof, handelende vande gedenckwaerdighste zeevaerden met de daeraenklevende op en onderganghen der voornaemste heerschappijen der gantscher wereld: Zedert haere beginselen tot op den dagh van huyden in VI boecken beschreven. Amst., J.P. Wachter, 1634. (20), 233 (of 235), (9) pp. W. engr. title, 17 original etchings in text by W. Basse. Fol. Cont. vellum. (Without Rembrandt's etching 'Ship of fortune' (= N1 (p. 97-98)), top of spine sl. dam., inner margin a bit wormholed, faint stain in outer margin at the beginning, a few underl./annot. in an old hand, sl. browned).
Important work describing the voyages from Noa's time up to 1632. - First and only edition. Sabin 31476; Borba de Moraes I, p. 398-399 (canto 5 contains the narrative of the Dutch deeds in Brazil). Not in Cat. NHSM. For Basse: see Hollstein I, 49-65.€ 700
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