Author: KOLFF, Dirk Hendrik Jr.
Title: Reize door den weinig bekenden Zuidelijken Molukschen Archipel en langs de geheel onbekende Zuidwest kust van Nieuw-Guinea; gedaan in de jaren 1825 en 1826.
Description: Amsterdam, G.J.A. Beijerinck, 1828. Original speckled marbled boards (spine restored). With fine engraved title-page scene after H.J. Oosterhuis by W. Nieuwhoff, and a large folding engraved map of the Moluccan Archipelago. XIV,398,(1) pp. First edition. - The report of a voyage made to confirm Dutch authority in the Southern Moluccas by Dirk Hendrik Kolff (1800-1843). During this voyage the south-west coast of New Guinea was discovered and charted. Kolff, in his war-brig Dourga explored the Molucca and Java Seas to Timor, the Serawatti Islands, Lakor Island, the Arru Islands, the Tanimbar Islands and New Guinea. The author affords details about slave trade, agriculture, botany, commerce, religion, etc. as well as much detail about the different peoples and some interesting anecdotes. - A valuable early primary source for the voyage to these exotic islands and peoples. Tiele 607; Cat. NHSM p.244; Cat. KITLV p.32; Ruinen A 34; Ferguson 3016 & Hill 941 (English ed.).
Keywords: Dutch travel Indonesia Indonesia general Moluccas New Guinea slavery
Title: Reize door den weinig bekenden Zuidelijken Molukschen Archipel en langs de geheel onbekende Zuidwest kust van Nieuw-Guinea; gedaan in de jaren 1825 en 1826.
Description: Amsterdam, G.J.A. Beijerinck, 1828. Original speckled marbled boards (spine restored). With fine engraved title-page scene after H.J. Oosterhuis by W. Nieuwhoff, and a large folding engraved map of the Moluccan Archipelago. XIV,398,(1) pp. First edition. - The report of a voyage made to confirm Dutch authority in the Southern Moluccas by Dirk Hendrik Kolff (1800-1843). During this voyage the south-west coast of New Guinea was discovered and charted. Kolff, in his war-brig Dourga explored the Molucca and Java Seas to Timor, the Serawatti Islands, Lakor Island, the Arru Islands, the Tanimbar Islands and New Guinea. The author affords details about slave trade, agriculture, botany, commerce, religion, etc. as well as much detail about the different peoples and some interesting anecdotes. - A valuable early primary source for the voyage to these exotic islands and peoples. Tiele 607; Cat. NHSM p.244; Cat. KITLV p.32; Ruinen A 34; Ferguson 3016 & Hill 941 (English ed.).
Keywords: Dutch travel Indonesia Indonesia general Moluccas New Guinea slavery
Price: EUR 935.00 = appr. US$ 1016.20 Seller: Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books (NVvA/ILAB)
- Book number: 12263
- Book number: 12263