winter miscellany - Gert Jan Bestebreurtje

SEA-BATTLE OF DUINKERKEN 1639
1 WAHRE ABBILDUNG DER MÄCHTIGEN SEESCHLACH, SO SICH ZWIS-
CHEN DEN HISPANISCHEN UND HOLLÄNDISCHEN SCHIFFARMADA IN
DEN DUYNEN DEN 21 OCTOBRIS 1639 ZU GETRAGEN, DARINEN DIE
HOLLÄNDER UNDER DEM ADMIRAL MARTIN HARPERSTROMP DIE VIC-
TORI ERHALTEN. (No pl., ca. 1639).
Two pasted leaves depicting the sea-battle of Duinkerken with below printed text. Ca.
23 x 64,5 cm. € 650,00
Magnificent engraved view. - In the second half of 1639 Maarten Harpertszoon
Tromp (1598-1653) encountered a large Spanish fleet that was commanded by admiral
Antonio Oquendo and others. The Spanish fleet consisted of 45 men-of-war and
30 merchant vessels. It was transporting 13.000 Spanish soldiers to Flanders. An
English squadron, under the command of Sir John Pennington had joined the
Spanish fleet, a squadron under the command of Michiel Dorne had managed to
escape the blockade at Duinkerken and had also jointed the Spanish fleet. Tromp
attacked on October 21 and defeated the Spanish fleet at the Battle of the Downs.
Only the squadron commanded by Dorne managed to escape to Duinkerken.
Muller, Nederlandsche historieplaten, 1805.
2 AMBASSADES DU ROY DE SIAM ENVOYE A L’EXCELLENCE DU PRINCE
MAURICE, ARRIVé à LA HAYE LE 10. SEPTEMB. 1608. (No pl.), 1608. Facsimile
edition. Embassies of the king of Siam sent to his excellency prince Maurits, arrived in
The Hague on 10 September 1608. Transcribed from the French original, translated
into English and Dutch, introduced by H. Zoomers and edited by H. Zuidervaart.
Wassenaar, 2008. Oblong 8vo. Cloth. With coloured illustrations. 56 pp. € 25,00
Privately printed. - A newsletter reporting the visit of the first Siamese diplomatic
mission to Europe.
LINGGA ISLANDS
3 ANGELBEEK, Christiaan van. Korte schets van het eiland Lingga en deszelfs
bewoners. (Batavia, Lands Drukkerij, 1826). Modern half cloth. 62 pp. € 95,00
Verhandelingen Bataviaasch Genootschap. - Description of the Lingga Islands or
Archipelago (Kepulauan Lingga) a group of islands in Indonesia, located south of
Singapore, along both sides of the equator, off the eastern coast of Riau Islands
province on Sumatra island.