Doormengd met veele ongewoone voorvallen, zonderlinge geschiedverhaalen, getrouwe berigten van bloedige zee-en veldslagen met de Portugeesen, Makassers en anderen.
Vercierd met koperen plaaten. Vierde druk, in eenen verbeterden stijl en cierlijk Neerduitsch gebragt, en met aantekeningen verrijkt.
Vierde druk. 2 volumes: [4],xiv, portrait of the author, 323 + [4], 211 [20] 42 engravings on 44 folded plates and 3 of 4 folding maps (large map of Ceylon is missing), uncut edges, half leather with marbled boards, red title labels gilt on the spines, the covers and spines are worn, the hinge is detached in volume 2 at the front of the volume, the contents are crisp and bright.
Mendelssohn (Sidney) South African Bibliography volume 2 page 280: The author paid visits to the Cape in the years 1658 and 1665, and the eighteenth chapter of the second volume gives an account of the latter, when a stay of about six weeks was made. Schouten gives some description of the natives, whom he represents as being in a terrible state of ignorance and superstition. This edition contains a large map, and a number of folding and other plates, including a curious view of the Cape, and a portrait of the author.
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