Author: KRAMER, J.G.,
Title: De avonturen van Jan Willemsz: Een historisch verhaal uit de 16e eeuw. [Eerste druk; First edition].
Description: Almelo, W. Hilarius Wzn., [..], 1899. Small 8°., original publ. cloth. Coveritle and large silvertooled illustrations at tail, illustrated spine. Hftitle (verso blank). 233pp. Captioned monochrome frontispiece, 3 captioned monochrome plates by C. Koppenol, decorative headpieces, table of contents. Dutch language Boy's adventure story based on sixteenth century historic facts: in search of Willem Barentz and his crew during an attempt to discover a North-west Passage to Asia, when the expedition stranded on Novaya Zemlya (Nova Zembla). Barentsz and his crew survived the winter of 1596-1597 in a wooden cabin. Very good copy in an attractive publ. binding.

Keywords: literature dutch novel adventure arctic nova zembla novaya zemlya juvenalia boys history discovery voyage northwest passage