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Auction #114 begins on 11 Apr 2024

[Schouten (Wouter)]

WOUTER SCHOUTEN'S OOSTINDESCHE REISTOGTEN. VAN 'T JAAR 1658 TOT 1665

Published: Amsterdam, No date (circa 1784)

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From Volume 10 of Nederlandsche reizen,: tot bevordering van den koophandel, na de meest afgelegene gewesten des aardkloots. Doormengd met vreemde lotgevallen, en menigvuldige gevaaren, die de Nederlandsche reizigers hebben doorgestaan. Met plaatenTe Amsterdam: by Petrus Conradi.; Te Harlingen, by V. van der Plaats, MDCCLXXXIV-MDCCLXXXVII. [1784-1787]

122 pages, 5 folding engraved plates, half dark brown leather the marbled paper sides, bookplates and two booksellers tickets on the front paste-down endpaper, contents bright, a very good copy.

Wouter Schouten (Haarlem, 2 September 1638 - October 1704) was a Dutch surgeon who published his East Indian voyage in 1676. When he was fourteen, Schouten was apprenticed to a surgeon and because he wanted to gain experience, and was driven by a desire to travel, he signed up with the Dutch East India Company in 1658 and, on 16 April of the same year, sailed the Nieuwpoort in the position of sub-surgeon on the ship the Nieuwpoort. After which he signed service for the Company for another three years. https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wouter_Schouten

  • Overall Condition: A Very Good Copy
  • Size: 8vo (210 x 135 mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
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