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Verken, Johann (fl. circa 1613) Eylffter Schiffart ander Theil, oder Kurtzer Verfolg und Continuirung der Reyse, so van den Hol- und Se

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Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 3311TLocation: BostonDate / Time: November 11, 2019 12:00PM

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Verken, Johann (fl. circa 1613) Eylffter Schiffart ander Theil, oder Kurtzer Verfolg und Continuirung der Reyse, so van den Hol- und Seelandern in die Ost Indien. Frankfurt am Main: Erasmo Kempffer, in verlegung Levini Hulsii, 1613. First edition, first issue, vignette of sailing ships to title, illustrated with four engravings; disbound, text browned, engravings a deeper brown, engravings may be lacking material, each ends at the fore-edge, trimmed with loss, A-X4; 7 3/4 x 6 in.

The text consists of an account of a voyage to the East Indies made under the command of Pieter Wilemszoon Verhoeff, for the purpose of taking the Maluku Islands (or Moluccas) from the Portuguese. A section of almost 100 pages after the text contains German sentences translated into Malaysian and Malagasy. The work is also cited in scholarship concerning the dodo.
Estimate $300-500


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Johann, Pieter Wilemszoon Verhoeff, Frankfurt am Main