A New Voyage to the East-Indies in the Years 1690 and 1691. Being A full Description of the Isles of Maldives, Cocos, Andamants, and the Isle of Ascension; and all the Forts and Garrisons now in possession of the French, wiht an Account of the Customs, Manners, and Habits of the Indians. To which is added, A New Description of the Canary Islands.

Claude-Michel Pouchot de Chantassin, Joseph-Jacques Le Maire

Verlag: Daniel Dring, London, 1696

Beschreibung

A good copy of an extremely scarce english translation of two early voyage accounts with 1 (of 2) folding maps, and 5 plates.' A New Voyage to the E Indies' by Pouchot de Chantassin was first published in Paris in 1692.'The Voyages of the Sieur Le Maire, to the Canary-Islands, Cape Verde, Senegal, and Gambia' by Joseph-Jacques Le Maire, was first published in 1695. Le Maire's work is particularly interesting because of information it provides on W Africa in the 1600's, including the extent of European interaction and the slave trade. This copy is in a fairly new full leather binding with raised bands and gilt titles to the spine. The binding is in near fine condition. New endpapers and initial and final blanks have been added. Contents: title page; author's preface 2pp; E Indies pp 1-187; Finis (map of E Indies lacking); folding map of 'The Canarie or Fortunate Isles'; text pp 1-128 with 5 plates and sections on the rivers Zamenee, St Domingo and Geva; Finis. Overall very clean, with light toning to paper. There is a small ink mark to the side margin of the title page through to p4; a small repaired margin tear at p 37/8 of E Indies section; and a little light underling at the beginning of the Canary Islands section. A very scarce work. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 032453

Bibliografische Details

Titel: A New Voyage to the East-Indies in the Years...

Verlag: Daniel Dring, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1696

Einband: Full-Leather

Zustand: Good

Auflage: 1st Edition