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USSELINCX, Willem (1567-1647). Argonautica Gustaviana; Das ist; Nothwendige Nach Richt von der Newen Seefahrt Kauffhandlung. Frankfurt: Caspar Rödteln, 1633.
Very rare piece of Americana by the founder of the Swedish South Company, outlining its charter, rules and regulations, as well as contracts and tariffs in relation to the trading status of the Swedish colony in North America along the Delaware River. Usselincx, a native of Antwerp, moved to the Republic of the United Netherlands upon the capture of Antwerp by the Spanish in 1585. Determined that the Netherlands should be an independent nation with its own colonies to challenge imperial Spain and Portugal, he proposed the establishment of a Dutch West India Company, which was duly formed in 1621. Five years later, Usselinx persuaded King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden to create the Swedish South Company, and establish New Sweden in North America. eleven expeditions to Delaware sailed between 1638 and 1655, but the venture was not successful: in 1649 the Swedish South Company lost its monopoly on tobacco, granted by the king of Sweden in 1641, and in 1655 New Sweden was annexed by New Netherland, bringing an end to the activities of the Swedish South Company, dissolving in 1680. Although this publication is quite common in institutions, we cannot trace any copy that has appeared on the market since 1976 (ABPC/RBH). Sabin 98197.
Folio (315 x 198mm). (Very short marginal tear and tiny hole in g4 due to paper flaw, tiny marginal hole in last 2 leaves, occasional faint even browning). Contemporary vellum (covers bowed, remains of green silk ties). Provenance: evidence of bookplate removed.
Very rare piece of Americana by the founder of the Swedish South Company, outlining its charter, rules and regulations, as well as contracts and tariffs in relation to the trading status of the Swedish colony in North America along the Delaware River. Usselincx, a native of Antwerp, moved to the Republic of the United Netherlands upon the capture of Antwerp by the Spanish in 1585. Determined that the Netherlands should be an independent nation with its own colonies to challenge imperial Spain and Portugal, he proposed the establishment of a Dutch West India Company, which was duly formed in 1621. Five years later, Usselinx persuaded King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden to create the Swedish South Company, and establish New Sweden in North America. eleven expeditions to Delaware sailed between 1638 and 1655, but the venture was not successful: in 1649 the Swedish South Company lost its monopoly on tobacco, granted by the king of Sweden in 1641, and in 1655 New Sweden was annexed by New Netherland, bringing an end to the activities of the Swedish South Company, dissolving in 1680. Although this publication is quite common in institutions, we cannot trace any copy that has appeared on the market since 1976 (ABPC/RBH). Sabin 98197.
Folio (315 x 198mm). (Very short marginal tear and tiny hole in g4 due to paper flaw, tiny marginal hole in last 2 leaves, occasional faint even browning). Contemporary vellum (covers bowed, remains of green silk ties). Provenance: evidence of bookplate removed.
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