Opmaak 1 - Gert Jan Bestebreurtje

First edition. - Describes the commerce of the Dutch West India Company, the
Company of Berbice, and the Society of Surinam in Guiana. 'This description of
Guiana or the Wild Coast of South America, its geography, history, inhabitants, animals,
with an account of its discovery and the colonies of the Spaniards, French and
Portuguese, is said by Mr. Warden to be by far the best work ever published on the
countries described. The author, Jan Jacob Hartsinck (1716-1779) was Director of the
West India Company, and a man of very high standing, who had access to all the authorities
(Sabin). Including an account of the rebellion in Surinam (1763-64) in which
the colony had lost almost half of its black and perhaps an even larger percentage of
its white population. - A classic history of Surinam. - A fine copy.
Sabin 30712; Tiele 457; Muller, America, p.76; Cat. NHSM I, p.281; Suriname-
Catalogus UB Amsterdam 2560. – See illustration.
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75 HEAD, Francis Bond. Rough notes taken during some rapid journeys across
the Pampas and among the Andes. 4th edition. London, John Murray, 1846.
Later half cloth, with green morocco title-label on spine. IX,166 pp. € 125,00
Sir Frances Bond Head (1793-1875), accepted the post of manager of the Rio Plata
Mining Association in 1825. He rode on horseback about 1200 miles across the pampas
prospecting the gold and silver mines in Argentina and Chili. His nickname was
'Galloping Head'. The gauchos and the Indians are the main subjects of this book.
Sabin 31134.