Author: MOLLEMA, J.C.,
Title: De Nederlandsche Vlag op de Wereldzeeën. Ontdekkingsreizen onzer voorouders. Orig. edn.
Description: Amsterdam, Scheltema & Holkema, s.d.[circa], 1943. large thick 8°. orig. gilt lettered cloth. 320pp. ills, portrs, sketch-maps & charts, of which 2 fold., being facsims. after old engravings and paintings on 44 plates, footnotes, concise bibliogr. Re-tells famous dutch naval enterprises & the role of cartographers as Plancius, covering approx. 15th-16th centuries, with famous voyages by, a.o., Van Heemskerk, Willem Barentsz & Corn. de Veer, Huygen van Linschoten..Nice uncut copy.

Keywords: maritime/discoveries/voyages/history/dutch v.o.c.