Recueil Des Voiages [Voyages] qui ont servi à l'établissement et aux progrès de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales, formée dans les Provinces-Unies des Païs-Bas. Volume 5.

[Renneville, Rene Auguste Constantin de]

Verlag: Etienne Roger, Amsterdam, 1706

Beschreibung

711 pages, vellum binding with gilt decorations on covers and spine, green leather titles labels on the spine, all edges gilt. 711 pages, frontispiece and 2 plates. A French edition of the account of early Dutch voyages published in 1608 by Commelin. This volume covers the voyages of Steven Van Der Hagen 1603-08, Cornelius Matelief 1605-08, Paulus Van Caerden 1606-1608. The voyage of van der Hagen is of particular importance to the discovery of Australia. At the end of the year 1606, one of the fastest sailing ships in Van der Hagen's fleet, the Duyfken, a yacht under the captain Willem Jansz, sailed to the south of Ambon and discovered the north coast of Australia. The return of the Duyfken to Ambon is recorded in this book on page 172. We also have volumes 6 and 1 in stock. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 6247

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Recueil Des Voiages [Voyages] qui ont servi ...

Verlag: Etienne Roger, Amsterdam

Erscheinungsdatum: 1706

Einband: Vellum

Zustand: Very Good

Auflage: 1st Edition