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Gedenkujeerdige <strong>Brasiliaense</strong> <strong>zee</strong>- en lantreize .. .Beneffens een bondige beschrijving<br />

van gantsch Neerlants Brasil...En inzonderheit een ^ijtloopig verhael der merkuiaardigste<br />

voorvallen en geschiedenissen, die zich in d'oorlogen en opstant der Portugesen<br />

sedert 1640-'49 hebben toegedragen .-Zee en lant-reize door verschelde g^i^esten van<br />

Oostindien...En inzonderheit een verhael der Stad Batavia.Amst . ,lJJed.3.v .meurs,1682.<br />

2 parts.l vol.(Ul)-240,(IU)-308 p.UJ.engr . title, portr . , coat of arms, 4 maps 3 doublepage),40<br />

pl.(partly double-page )and 34 engrs.in the text.Folio.Contemp gilt calf<br />

(binding some>.hat rubbed.gold fading) .-Lacking :Both indexes a.5 pi. in the 2nd<br />

^'"^^*<br />

-Tiele no.799;Rodrigues no.l770;Borba de Woraes II ,p.l01;Sabin no.55278.<br />

"The author lived nine years in Brazil(1640-49),chief ly in Pernambuco.in the<br />

service of the Dutch Uiest India Company.The account of Brazil contains .any precious<br />

documents.and includes the history of Brazil from its fxrst ^^scovery by<br />

tul Portuguese.both civil a .ecclesiastical" (Rodriguez) .The author is cansidered<br />

.<br />

the best authority for that period.Af ter>.ards he entered the service of the<br />

East India Company and re ained from 1655-'71 in Ceylon a. Batavia. Among the very<br />

fine plates.especially the vieuis of old Batavia are very interesting.<br />

The mork mas published posthumously by his brother H.Nieuhof.

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