Opmaak 1 - Gert Jan Bestebreurtje

Muller, America, p.34; Sabin 8034 (2 vols); James Ford Bell Library B528 (Amst.,
1794); Howes p.74 (Amst., 1794); Leclerc 215 (first French ed. Paris 1791).
20 BRØNSTED, Johannes. (Ed.). Vore gamle tropekolonier. Ved G. Olsen, K.
Struwe, A. Rasch, G. Nørregaard, J. Bro-Jørgensen, J. Vibaek, Fr. Skrubbeltrang.
(Copenhagen), Westermann, 1952-53.
2 volumes. Folio. Contemporary half calf, spines ribbed. With many illustrations
(several in colours). € 675,00
Valuable study on the Danish in the East and West Indies and West Africa. Volume I:
The Danish in Tranquebar, India 1616-1845 and on the Goldcoast, West Africa;
Volume II: The Danish in the West Indies, St. Thomas, St. Jan, St. Croix, 1702-1917.
- A very nice copy.
21 BRUCE, James. Reis naar Abyssinie, en te rug door de groote woestijn van
Nubie, verkort. Met aantekeningen van Blumenbach, Tychsen, Gmelin, en den
Nederduitschen uitgever. Amsterdam, M. de Bruijn, 1801.
3 volumes. Contemporary half calf, spines gilt. With circular engraved portrait on 3
title-pages and 6 engraved plates (map missing). XLVIII,525; VI,528; VI,439 pp.
€ 795,00
First Dutch edition. - James Bruce, Laird of Kinnaird (1730-1794), the first European
to undertake an expedition aimed specifically at finding the Nile's source, failed in
his attempt, but his exploration paved the way for many more travelers who came
after him. In mid-1768 Bruce ascended the Nile from Alexandria and journeyed into
the Ethiopian interior. In 1770 he believed to have found the source of the Nile near
Gondar, the ancient capital of Abyssinia. Still he was mistaken, as he had not reached
the source of the Nile, but only that of its considerable tributary. He descended the
Blue Nile to its confluence with the White Nile at the site of present-day Khartoum.
He was one of the earliest explorers to report this connection between the White and
Blue Nile. The results of Bruce's travels was a very great enrichment of the knowledge
of geography and ethnography especially of Ethiopia. His very readable account is
still fascinating today. - 'One of the most splendid narratives in the litterature of
African exploration' (Hallet, Africa to 1875, p.110). - A fine set of the rare Dutch
edition.
Nissen, ZBI, 617 (English and French ed.); Ibrahim-Hilmy I, p.91 (other ed.); Gay 44
(French ed.); Blackmer Collection 221 (English ed.); not in Tiele.