Opmaak 1 - Gert Jan Bestebreurtje

First Dutch edition with more and better plates than the original edition in German
(1765). - Detailed description of Greenland by David Cranz (1723-1777), the historiographer
of the Brethern, he stayed at Ny Herrnhut in Greenland, in 1761-62. With
sections devoted to the establishment of the first Herrnhut or Moravian mission in
Greenland, the nature, manners and customs of the inhabitants on the West coast on
Davis Strait, whales and the whaling-industry in general, and the Eskimos. This
account was very popular and translated and reprinted in many languages. 'das vollständigste
Gemälde von Grönland im 18. Jahrhundert, ein Werk, das auch Heute noch
mehr als nur historisches Interesse beanspruchen darf' (Henze I, p.751). - A clean
copy. – See illustration.
Arctic Bibl. 3469; Chavanne 5634; Tiele 282; Cat. NHSM I, p.301; Sabin 17415.
42 CRETE. - KANDIA. (No pl.), 1852.
Dutch manuscript map of Crete and surrounding islands, handcoloured in outline.
34,5 x 42,5 cm. € 95,00
Crete, one of the largest islands of the Mediterranean and under Turkish control until
1898, was formally united with Greece only in 1913. - Fine.
43 DAMPIER, William. Nieuwe reystogt rondom de werreld, waarin omstandiglyk
beschreeven worden de land-engte van Amerika, verscheidene kusten en eilanden in
Westindiën, de eilanden van Cabo Verde, de doortogt van de Straat Le Maire na de
Zuid-zee, de kusten van Chili, Peru, Mexico; 't eiland Guam een van de Ladrones, 't
eiland Mindanao een van de Filippines; en de Oost-Indische eilanden omtrent
Cambodia, China, Formosa; Luconia, Celebes, enz. ... In't Engelsch beschreeven ..
en daaruyt vertaald door W. Sewel. Nymegen, Isaac van Campen, 1781 - 1782.
4 volumes in 1. 4to. Contemporary half calf, spine richly gilt (foot of spine skilfully
rep.). With 2 engraved title-pages and 43 engraved maps and plates (11 folding;
including worldmap) by C. Luyken en J. Lamsvelt. 405,(9); 305,(7); 80,(6); (92 pp.
€ 2.450,00
Third Dutch edition. - 'Dampier was the best known of the famous group of English
buccaneers that tormented the Spaniards in the South Sea from 1680 to 1720. His
first voyage, under Captain Swan in the Cygnet, took him from Virginia to Spanish
America and across the Pacific to the East Indies. He travelled extensively in the
Orient on several voyages which lasted from 1683 to 1691. It was on one of these
trips that the first landing was made by the English on the Australian mainland, at the
entrance of King Sound on the northwest coast, in 1688' (Hill pp.144-145 ).
'Generally regarded as the greatest explorer and navigator before Cook, Dampier was
also a popular and an exciting storyteller who inspired both Swift and Defoe. His
books went through many editions and, in some form, have remained in print untill
the present day' (The Davidson Collection 32). - A very fine copy.
Tiele 290; Cat. NHSM I, p.137; Sabin 18387; Van Eeghen-v.d. Kellen 319;
Mendelssohn I, p.409 'celebrated work'; Howgego pp.294-297.