Author: EAST INDIAMAN WOESTDUYN.
Title: Het vast-zeilen van het O.I.Comp. schip Woestduyn, op de Noorder-Rassen den 24 July 1779 - Het kappen van tuig en masten van het O.I.Comp. schip Woestduyn, op den 24 July des avonds om 8 uren 1779 - Het aan stukken slaan van het O.I.Comp. schip Woestduyn des nachts tusschen 10 en 12 uuren op den 24 July 1779 - Het redden van't volk van de wrakken van het O.I.Comp. schip Woestduyn des morgens vroeg op den 25 July 1779.
Description: (Middelburg), P. Gillissen, 1779. 4 engravings by Arend Fokke Willemsz. and Mathias de Salliet after Engel Hoogerheyden. Each ca. 31 x 50 cm. Rare complete set depicting the shipwreck of the East-Indiaman Woestduyn, of the Amsterdam chamber of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) on the Noorderrassen sandbank off the Walcheren coast between Westkapelle and Zoutelande in 1779. Frans Naerebout and his older brother Jacob, who earned their living fishing and piloting, made two successful rescue attempts from Vlissingen. The first attempt took place during the night of Saturday 24 to Sunday 25 July and the second attempt took place on Sunday afternoon 25 July. The Naerebout brothers managed to save 87 of the 130 people on board, and about 15 people drowned. Virtually nothing of the cargo was recovered. Frans and Jacob Naerebout gained national fame thanks to their heroic actions and art of navigation. - A fine attractive set. Muller, Historieplaten, 4345; Atlas van Stolk, 4295.

Keywords: VOC Dutch East India Company prints prints voc shipwrecks