SPILBERGEN, JORIS VAN (1568-1620) - F.C. WIEDER(ET.AL., EDITING),
De reis van Joris van Spilbergen naar Ceylon, Atjeh en Bantam 1601-1604. [Authentic facsim. edition published and edited after the original Journal kept between 1601-1604].
's-Gravenhage, Nijhoff, 1933. 8°. Original blue coloured publ. cloth. Large gilded image of a 17th century dutch merchant on front cover, gilded title and gilded publ. device on spine. (LVII), 126, [1]pp. Facsim. portrait of Van Spilbergen as frontispiece, 18 for the greater part extending captioned monochrome facsim. plates, illlustrating 17th century title-pages, charts, local individuals, 1 large extending captioned (in old dutch) facsim. plate illustrating the Cavalcade in honour of Van Spilbergen as presented by the then Ruler of Sri Lanka Vinala Dharma Suriya, 1 tinted extyending chart with legenda on facing page illustrating the sea-voyage from Zeeland Province (the Netherlands) to Asia, 1 facsim. gound-plan of Middelburg City loosely inserted, extensive references, facsim. text of major parts after the original journal in old dutch language with printed marginalia, name-list of crew members perished during the voyage, extensive bibliography incl. summaries in german, latin and french, registers, supplementary note on final unnumbered lve., list of works cited in text, publ. serial list, table of contents. [Werken uitgegeven door de Linschoten-Vereeniging, XXXVIII]. Dutch language report after the Captain's Journal, partly supplied in facsim. incl. printed marginalia, describing the sea-voyage done by Joris van Spilbergen, Commander of three ships, by command of Balthazar de Moucheron from Middelburg City, a trader, looking for commercial contacts with Africa and Asia. Van Spilbergen travelled to Caylon, the first westerner to set foot on the Kingdom, discussing a trading treaty with the then ruler, about supply of Cinnamon, to Aceh and finally to Bantam (Java) and back home. For the first time published in the series. Very fine, partly unopened and untrimmed copy. Rare.

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