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Prima pars descriptionis itineris navalis in Indiam orientalem. Amsterdam: Cornelis Nicolas, 1598. [Bound with:] – VEER, Gerrit de. Diarium nauticum seu vera descriptio trium navigationum admirandum. Amsterdam: Cornells Claeszoon, 1598.
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[LODEWIJCKSZ, Willem (fl. 16th century)]
Prima pars descriptionis itineris navalis in Indiam orientalem. Amsterdam: Cornelis Nicolas, 1598. [Bound with:] – VEER, Gerrit de. Diarium nauticum seu vera descriptio trium navigationum admirandum. Amsterdam: Cornells Claeszoon, 1598.
First editions in Latin of two classic accounts of Dutch exploration to the East Indies and in search of a Northeast Passage to the Far East. The first work details the voyage 1595-1597 under the command of Cornelis Houtman to the East Indies. Departing in 1595, after Holland had achieved independence from Spain, the ships sailed across the Atlantic to Brazil, and rounded the Cape of Good Hope on 7 February 1595. They arrived in Sumatra in May 1596 and proceeded to Java with the intention of reaching the Moluccas. The ships were unseaworthy, however, and troubles arouse between captains and crew. Finally reaching an accord, they sailed to Bali and returned to Texel in August 1597, with only eighty-nine of the crew left alive. Because of the increased price of pepper the voyage was able to turn a profit, despite returning with a small cargo. The attractive plates depict native people, animals, coastline views, flora and fauna. This work was also published in French and Dutch in the same year. Adams E-4; Alden & Landis 598⁄60; cf. Mendelssohn I, 738.
The second work contains a major work on Arctic exploration, in which De Veer describes the three voyages undertaken by Willem Barentsz (c.1550-1597) for the discovery of a Northeast Passage to the Far East in the form of an illustrated diary. On the first two expeditions, Barentsz was accompanied by Jan Huyghens van Linschoten, famous for his earlier voyage to the East. The first voyage in 1594 sailed the length of Novaya Zemlya and then via Vaygach to the Kara Sea, reaching as far as the mouth of the Ob River. Believing they had located the Northeast Passage, the Dutch explorers returned the following year, mounting a second expedition heavily laden with trading goods intended for the Chinese market. However, this venture was thwarted by ice which closed the strait they had passed through the previous year. The third voyage of 1596-1597, which occupies most of the narrative, is one of the greatest in the history of Polar exploration. After the discovery and naming of Bear Island and Spitsbergen, Barentsz parted company with his companion Jan Cornelisz Rijp and sailed to Novaya Zemlya, eventually rounding the northern cape. The ship was beset by ice and crushed, forcing the expedition members to endure the first recorded Arctic winter so far north. They survived in a hut constructed of driftwood, which is vividly depicted in the engraved plates accompanying the work. Remarkably, this hut was rediscovered in 1873, preserved in ice, and many artifacts were salvaged for museums. Throughout their ordeal, the expedition faced numerous hardships, including encounters with polar bears. In spring 1597, the survivors made an epic journey by open boats, sledging and sailing some 1600 miles around the northern cape, down the length of Novaya Zemlya, and across the White Sea to safety at the Kola Peninsula. Here, they found three Dutch ships, one commanded by Rijp, which provided passage home. Willem Barentsz himself perished on this final voyage, but the surviving members, including Gerrit de Veer, returned safely. De Veer's account was first published in 1598 in Dutch, with Latin and French editions appearing the same year; the Dutch first edition is practically unobtainable. Adams V-316; Alden & Landis 598⁄113; not in Sabin, but cf. 98738.
2 works bound in one volume, quarto (302 x 220mm). I: Latin edition, large engraved map of the Eastern Hemisphere on title possibly showing the tip of Australia, one plate, and 47 illustrations, including 4 maps, woodcut coastal profiles and illustrations, woodcut initials (lacking the double-page plate of the Bantam Market as usual, spots to B3 and K1, repaired tear to C2 affecting a few letters, leaf G1 folded with repairs at fore-edge just affecting extremity of engraved image, tiny wormhole from H3 through to end of second work affecting images and a few letters, M4 with two repairs just into text and image, engraved plate at end lightly stained). II: Latin edition, 26 half-page engraved scenes of Arctic exploration, a fine full-page map ‘Caerte van Nova Zembla’ engraved by Baptista a Doetechum, and 4 other maps (without final blank L4, title and first gathering lightly stained, A2 torn in half and repaired affecting a few letters, a couple of spots to A4-B1, printing flaw to B2r affecting a few letters; the whole washed and pressed, some illustrations previously censored now revealed from washing). Recent vellum (covers slightly bowed).
Prima pars descriptionis itineris navalis in Indiam orientalem. Amsterdam: Cornelis Nicolas, 1598. [Bound with:] – VEER, Gerrit de. Diarium nauticum seu vera descriptio trium navigationum admirandum. Amsterdam: Cornells Claeszoon, 1598.
First editions in Latin of two classic accounts of Dutch exploration to the East Indies and in search of a Northeast Passage to the Far East. The first work details the voyage 1595-1597 under the command of Cornelis Houtman to the East Indies. Departing in 1595, after Holland had achieved independence from Spain, the ships sailed across the Atlantic to Brazil, and rounded the Cape of Good Hope on 7 February 1595. They arrived in Sumatra in May 1596 and proceeded to Java with the intention of reaching the Moluccas. The ships were unseaworthy, however, and troubles arouse between captains and crew. Finally reaching an accord, they sailed to Bali and returned to Texel in August 1597, with only eighty-nine of the crew left alive. Because of the increased price of pepper the voyage was able to turn a profit, despite returning with a small cargo. The attractive plates depict native people, animals, coastline views, flora and fauna. This work was also published in French and Dutch in the same year. Adams E-4; Alden & Landis 598⁄60; cf. Mendelssohn I, 738.
The second work contains a major work on Arctic exploration, in which De Veer describes the three voyages undertaken by Willem Barentsz (c.1550-1597) for the discovery of a Northeast Passage to the Far East in the form of an illustrated diary. On the first two expeditions, Barentsz was accompanied by Jan Huyghens van Linschoten, famous for his earlier voyage to the East. The first voyage in 1594 sailed the length of Novaya Zemlya and then via Vaygach to the Kara Sea, reaching as far as the mouth of the Ob River. Believing they had located the Northeast Passage, the Dutch explorers returned the following year, mounting a second expedition heavily laden with trading goods intended for the Chinese market. However, this venture was thwarted by ice which closed the strait they had passed through the previous year. The third voyage of 1596-1597, which occupies most of the narrative, is one of the greatest in the history of Polar exploration. After the discovery and naming of Bear Island and Spitsbergen, Barentsz parted company with his companion Jan Cornelisz Rijp and sailed to Novaya Zemlya, eventually rounding the northern cape. The ship was beset by ice and crushed, forcing the expedition members to endure the first recorded Arctic winter so far north. They survived in a hut constructed of driftwood, which is vividly depicted in the engraved plates accompanying the work. Remarkably, this hut was rediscovered in 1873, preserved in ice, and many artifacts were salvaged for museums. Throughout their ordeal, the expedition faced numerous hardships, including encounters with polar bears. In spring 1597, the survivors made an epic journey by open boats, sledging and sailing some 1600 miles around the northern cape, down the length of Novaya Zemlya, and across the White Sea to safety at the Kola Peninsula. Here, they found three Dutch ships, one commanded by Rijp, which provided passage home. Willem Barentsz himself perished on this final voyage, but the surviving members, including Gerrit de Veer, returned safely. De Veer's account was first published in 1598 in Dutch, with Latin and French editions appearing the same year; the Dutch first edition is practically unobtainable. Adams V-316; Alden & Landis 598⁄113; not in Sabin, but cf. 98738.
2 works bound in one volume, quarto (302 x 220mm). I: Latin edition, large engraved map of the Eastern Hemisphere on title possibly showing the tip of Australia, one plate, and 47 illustrations, including 4 maps, woodcut coastal profiles and illustrations, woodcut initials (lacking the double-page plate of the Bantam Market as usual, spots to B3 and K1, repaired tear to C2 affecting a few letters, leaf G1 folded with repairs at fore-edge just affecting extremity of engraved image, tiny wormhole from H3 through to end of second work affecting images and a few letters, M4 with two repairs just into text and image, engraved plate at end lightly stained). II: Latin edition, 26 half-page engraved scenes of Arctic exploration, a fine full-page map ‘Caerte van Nova Zembla’ engraved by Baptista a Doetechum, and 4 other maps (without final blank L4, title and first gathering lightly stained, A2 torn in half and repaired affecting a few letters, a couple of spots to A4-B1, printing flaw to B2r affecting a few letters; the whole washed and pressed, some illustrations previously censored now revealed from washing). Recent vellum (covers slightly bowed).
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