maritime history - Gert Jan Bestebreurtje

Contents: The great Dutch ports (Amsterdam and Rotterdam); The principal
steamships lines; Cocoa and chocolate; Tea-, tobacco and cigar-, coffee-, corn-, ore-,
timber-trade; The paper and strawboard manufactures, etc; Machine construction and
shipbuilding, The diamond and goldsmith’s trade; etc.
441 VIGNES, J. The rage to survive. The remarkable story of a young couple
adrift on a raft without food, oars, compass, or sail. Translated from the French by M.
Voukitchevitch. Preface by A. Bombard. London, (1975). Boards, with dustwrapper.
With illustrations. 215 pp. € 25,00
442 VILLIERS, A.J. Falmouth for orders. The story of the Last Clipper Ship Race
around Cape Horn. London, (1972). Cloth, with dustwrapper. With photographic
plates by the author. XXIV,232 pp. € 25,00
443 VINGBOONS, Johannes. Verzameling van pas-kaarten, dienende tot de vaart
naar Oost- en Westindien; meest alle uitvoerig met de pen getekent: benevens eenige
afbeeldingen van voorname eylanden, steden en sterktens, zo wel in de Spaansche
Engelsche als Nederlands Indien gelegen: alle zeer net naar’t leven met waterverven
geschildert. (No pl., c. 1660). Facsimile with introduction by J. van Bracht. Haarlem,
1981.
Large folio. Artificial leather with gilt monogram of the V.O.C. and W.I.C. With 107
finely coloured maps, plans and panoramic views (many double page) of the erea
covered by the charter of the V.O.C. and W.I.C. € 775,00
Limited edition of 1000 numbered copies printed. - This splendid facsimile contains
handdrawn and painted maps, charts and views, dating from c. 1660 from the secret
map archives of the VOC and WIC. They have never been printed before. Depicting
a.o. maps of Madagascar and the Gold Coast, India, Ambon, Achin, Ceylon,
Cambodia, Taiwan, Thailand, Macao, Malacca, Japan, the Philippines, Venezuela,
Guyana, Brazil and the Caribbean. - A nice copy.
444 VISSER, W. de. Piet Hein en de zilvervloot. Oorlog en handel in de West.
Hilv., 2001. Wrappers. With many illustrations (some in colours). 88 pp. € 15,00
445 VLES, E.J. Pieter Paulus (1753-1796). Patriot en staatsman (en raad en advocaat-fiscaal
bij de Admiraliteit op de Maze). Amst., 2004. Wrappers. With illustrations.
158 pp. € 20,00
446 VONK, P.G. De ‘victorieuze’ zeeslag op Schoneveld. Het hol van De Ruyter.
(Utr., ca. 1995). Boards. With many illustrations. 144 pp. € 18,00
447 VOORTHUYSEN, W.D. Koopman Amsterdam. Beknopte economische
geschiedenis van Amsterdam 1200-1795. Amst., 2001. Wrappers. With illustrations.
173 pp. € 18,00