Nieuwe Reystoggt Rondom De Werreld ..... Cambodia, Cina, Formosa, Lukonia, Celebes, enz, voorts Nieuw Holland, Sumatra.... (New Voyage Around the World...) Dampier William Gravenhage Abraham De Hondt 1698 Rebound in plain paper boards (imitating vellum) . Pages misnumbered but complete Seven engraved plates (one folding) and two engraved maps. With an extra engraved title page Very good copy with a bookplate on the front endpaper and a tiny amount of staining and fraying to about half a dozen leaves Footnotes: The Dutch edition of Dampier. This is the second published account, after the English edition of this book of Dampier the pirate who was the first Englishman to visit Australia and the second European after Pelsart. Early in 1688 Dampier's ship Cygnet was beached on the northwest coast of Australia and Dampier made notes on the fauna and flora and also made (ill informed) comments on the Aboriginal people
Very good copy with a bookplate on the front endpaper and a tiny amount of staining and fraying to about half a dozen leaves
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