winter miscellany - Gert Jan Bestebreurtje

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 (WIC), 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 comprehensive early work on the three Guianas’ (Von
Hünersdorff I, p.666). - 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.
54 HEAD, Francis Bond. Rough notes taken during some rapid journeys across the
Pampas and among the Andes. 2nd edition. London, John Murray, 1826.
Contemporary green polished calf, gilt fillets round sides, inner dentelles, spine richly
gilt in compartments, with red and brown labels to spine. XI,309 pp. € 375,00
In 1825 Head sailed for Buenos Aires with a staff of Cornish miners, and crossed the
Pampas, only to find that the concessions had in the meantime been granted to rival
companies. Leaving his staff at Mendoza he returned to Buenos Aires for instructions,
then made his way overland to Santiago de Chile. He then re-crossed the Andes, collected
the miners left at Mendoza and took the entire party back to Chile, where they
travelled some 2000 kilometres prospecting for mines. When it became evident that
local managers were reluctant to employ European staff, Head took his miners back to
Buenos Aires and returned with them to England .. His book, which earned him the
nickname of ‘Galloping Head’, was praised by Darwin for its accuracy (Howgego
p.277). - A fine copy.
Sabin 31134.
55 HEERES, J.E. Heeft Nederland de Kaap verkocht ? Eene lezing. Amsterdam,
Pretoria, J.H. de Bussy, 1914. Original printed wrappers. 45 pp. € 35,00
A GRIPPING TRUE-LIFE ADVENTURE
56 HEYDEN, Frans Jansz vander. Vervarelyke schip-breuk van’t Oost-Indisch jacht
Ter Schelling, onder het landt van Bengale; verhalende desselfs verongelucken, en den
gruwelijken hongers-nood van 32. schip-breukelingen op zeker onbewoont eiland,
daer sy van’t wrak met een vlot aenquamen. Hoe sy van het selve eiland in Bengale
landen/ en voorts in’t veld-leger van den Grooten Mogol, tot in’’t koningrijck van
Assam landewaerts opgevoert zijn. Beneffens een bondige beschryving der koningrijken
van Arrakan, Bengale, Martavan, Tanassery, &c. 4e druk. Harderwijk,
Herman Rampen, 1698.
4to. Later half calf, spine letterd in gilt. With woodengraving on title-page and 18
woodengravings in the text. 96 pp. € 2.950,00