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NOORT, Olivier van (1568-1611). Description du peniple voyage de faict entour de l'univers ou globe terrestre . Amsterdam: Cornille Claessz, 1602. 2 o (331 x 236 mm). Engraved vignette of Rotterdam on title, 25 engraved views, maps and portraits in text. (Small inkstain on final leaf.) Modern red morocco gilt, edges gilt, by Riviere. FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH: "of the utmost rarity" (Sabin). Noort accomplished the third circumnavigation of the globe, after Magellan and Drake, and was the first Dutchman to do so. Half the crew mutinied, his ships were constantly harassed, and most of those that didn't mutiny perished from disease. Despite his effort, Van Noort contributed little to the known geography of the world. Still, Van Noort was an inspiration to his country, and he established Holland as a power in global exploration. "Van Noort was the commander of a fleet of four vessels which set out from Holland in July, 1598, and found a route to the Indies by way of the Straits of Magellan. Passing through the Straits, he voyaged along the coasts of Chile and Peru as far as 13 o 40' north latitude, and then turned westward across the Pacific; returning to Rotterdam in August, 1601" (Church, German edition.) Noort's description was reprinted in De Bry, vol. 9 and Hulsius, vol. 11. Only one copy, a defective copy sold at Sotheby's London, 7 December 1976, is recorded by American Book Prices Current in the last thirty years. See Borba de Moraes, p. 617. Alden and Landis 602/74; Sabin 55436; Scott 51.