Author: LINSCHOTEN VEREENIGING.
Title: LINSCHOTEN-VEREENIGING. Volume I - CXXIII.
Description: 's Gravenhage, Zutphen, 1909-2023. 123 volumes (several volumes in two or more parts). Original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, gilt vignette to upper board, the later volumes with dust-jackets (binding vol. XL and XLII soiled). With many maps and plates. + TRESOOR DER ZEE- EN LANDREIZEN. Beredeneerd register op de werken der Linschoten- Vereeniging. Deel 1- 100. 's Gravenhage, Zutphen, 1939-2007. 3 volumes. Cloth. Linschoten-Vereeniging. - Rare complete run of this very important series, containing standard editions of unabridged narratives of travel and exploration of Dutchmen, with scholarly annotations, many of which were originally available for consultation in manuscript only. Including the early accounts of the Dutch East- and West India Company: Jan Cornelis May, Henry Hudson, Jan Huygen van Linschoten, Jacob van Roggeveen, De Marees, Cornelis de Houtman, Dirck Gerritsz. Pomp, Abraham Rogerius, Jacob van Heemskerk, Jan Cornelisz. Rijp, Hendrik Ottsen, Mahu en de Cordes, Hessel Gerritsz, Nicolaus de Graaff, Willem Barents, Hendrik Ottsen, Abel Jansz. Tasman, Olivier van Noort, Joris van Spilbergen, Ketelaar, Jacob van Neck, Wybrant Warwijck, Dircq van Adrichem, Jacob le Maire, Willem Cornelisz. Schouten, Pieter van den Broecke, Bontekoe, Herndriksz. Quast, Paulus van Caerden, Pieter Willemsz. Verhoeff, Francisco Pelsaert, Jacob Haafner, etc. This rare complete run forms the basis of investigation of various aspects of how the companies functioned, and shows the different facets of the companies history and the tremendous diversity of activities, giving information about the countries visited in Asia, Africa and the New World. These companies (the VOC was the world largest trading and shipping company) and private entrepreneurs played a major role in European expansion, one of the most significant processes in world history of the last five hundred years. The Dutch traded far into the remotest corners of the world and the exotic objects they brought home changed everyday life in Europe. - An essential work for reference and scholarship.
Keywords: Dutch maritime history Dutch travel Linschoten Vereeniging VOC Dutch East India Company WIC West India Company voc general wic general
Title: LINSCHOTEN-VEREENIGING. Volume I - CXXIII.
Description: 's Gravenhage, Zutphen, 1909-2023. 123 volumes (several volumes in two or more parts). Original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, gilt vignette to upper board, the later volumes with dust-jackets (binding vol. XL and XLII soiled). With many maps and plates. + TRESOOR DER ZEE- EN LANDREIZEN. Beredeneerd register op de werken der Linschoten- Vereeniging. Deel 1- 100. 's Gravenhage, Zutphen, 1939-2007. 3 volumes. Cloth. Linschoten-Vereeniging. - Rare complete run of this very important series, containing standard editions of unabridged narratives of travel and exploration of Dutchmen, with scholarly annotations, many of which were originally available for consultation in manuscript only. Including the early accounts of the Dutch East- and West India Company: Jan Cornelis May, Henry Hudson, Jan Huygen van Linschoten, Jacob van Roggeveen, De Marees, Cornelis de Houtman, Dirck Gerritsz. Pomp, Abraham Rogerius, Jacob van Heemskerk, Jan Cornelisz. Rijp, Hendrik Ottsen, Mahu en de Cordes, Hessel Gerritsz, Nicolaus de Graaff, Willem Barents, Hendrik Ottsen, Abel Jansz. Tasman, Olivier van Noort, Joris van Spilbergen, Ketelaar, Jacob van Neck, Wybrant Warwijck, Dircq van Adrichem, Jacob le Maire, Willem Cornelisz. Schouten, Pieter van den Broecke, Bontekoe, Herndriksz. Quast, Paulus van Caerden, Pieter Willemsz. Verhoeff, Francisco Pelsaert, Jacob Haafner, etc. This rare complete run forms the basis of investigation of various aspects of how the companies functioned, and shows the different facets of the companies history and the tremendous diversity of activities, giving information about the countries visited in Asia, Africa and the New World. These companies (the VOC was the world largest trading and shipping company) and private entrepreneurs played a major role in European expansion, one of the most significant processes in world history of the last five hundred years. The Dutch traded far into the remotest corners of the world and the exotic objects they brought home changed everyday life in Europe. - An essential work for reference and scholarship.
Keywords: Dutch maritime history Dutch travel Linschoten Vereeniging VOC Dutch East India Company WIC West India Company voc general wic general
Price: EUR 6050.00 = appr. US$ 6575.42 Seller: Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books (NVvA/ILAB)
- Book number: 1883
- Book number: 1883