SHOUTEN, Wilhelm.

Die sechtzehende Schiffahrt. Journal, Oder Beschreibung der wun-derbaren Reise Wilhelm Schouten ausz Hollanst, im Jahr 1615. 16. vnd 17. Darinnen er eine neuwe Durchfahrt neben dem Freto Magellanico, welche bishero noch vnbekannt gewesen, in die Suyd See zugetragen. Mit schonen Land Charten, vnd Kupfferstucken erklart. (Vignette of two natives, ...

In-8 (190 x 150 mm.), 3 unnumb. ff., 7-90pp., 1 white f., register A-L of 4 ff. and of 2 pp.; modern vellum. Engraved title page and 9 plates with maps and engravings. With 4 maps: 1) Planisphere, folded 2) Large map showing the ship's route, folded 3) Map of Tierra del Fuego, folded 4) Map of New Guinea, folded.With 5 engravings: 1) The Island of Cocos, folded 2) The Island of Hoorn, folded 3) The Indians, folded 4) The struggle between dutchs and indians, folded 5) The indians shipping the canoes, folded and restored outside margin. This is the XVI part of Hulsius' travels' collection, the first and last printed by Hulsius. The work refers to the account of the Wilhelm Shouten and Jacob lemaire's Travel, where they discovered a channel called Lemaire. This channel, easier to ship than the Magellan one, allowed them to arrive to the Oriental Indies from the Atlantic. Very good copy from this appreciated work. Sabin, 33669 and 77956. Tiele, 63.

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