Journael ofte Bechryvinghe van de Wonderlijcke reyse ghedaen door W. Schouten
First and colloured edition of the discovery of Cape Hoorn and the Lemaire Street: Journael ofte Bechryvinghe van de Wonderlijcke reyse ghedaen door Willem Cornelisz Schouten van Hoorn inde Jaren 1615, 1616; 1617
Type of object:
Book & Prints
Time period:
Gouden eeuw Nederland
Place:
Amsterdam
Date:
1618
Maker / Author:
Willem Jantz. ( = Willem Blaeu)
Publisher / Printer:
Op't Water inde Sonnewyser
Dimensions:
20 x 14,5 x 2,2
Material:
coulered copper-prints, original Vellum in dustcover
Graduation:
Inscription:
gild print
Provenance:
Ex Libris J. Willem Smith; Ezekiel Mundy; Dieter Bhrmann
References:
Description
Very rare first and coloured edition, about this remarkable voyage done by Jacob Lemaire on the request of his father Isaac Lemaire together with Willem Schouten Van Hoorn. Isaac was one of the big owners of the VOC, but he left the VOS and wanted to bypass their monopoly of the Maghelane street. Jacob died afte beyeing capture for breaking this monopoly, and the VOS made this book without even mentioning the expedition leader Jacob Lemaire!They discover the street of Lemaire and de Cape Hoorn south of the street of Maghelane and made this remarkable circumnavigation.
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