Miroir Oost & West-Indical, auquel sons descriptes les deux derniers, faictes es annees 1614, 1615, 1616, 1617 & 1618, 1st edition in French, Johannes Janssonius Amsterdam, 1621, 18 engraved maps and plates only (of 25), some folding, lacking final text leaf Z4, a few plates with a few small losses, tears and repairs, some water stains and soiling, 18th century blindstamped vellum, covers bowed, some soiling and stains, oblong 4to Sabin 89451. First published in Amsterdam in Latin in 1619, this French edition, including Le Maire's voyages 1615-17, is much more complete. Account of Spilbergen's five year circumnavigation, sponsored by the Dutch government, which did much to establish Dutch East India Company power in the Pacific. (1)
Miroir Oost & West-Indical, auquel sons descriptes les deux derniers, faictes es annees 1614, 1615, 1616, 1617 & 1618, 1st edition in French, Johannes Janssonius Amsterdam, 1621, 18 engraved maps and plates only (of 25), some folding, lacking final text leaf Z4, a few plates with a few small losses, tears and repairs, some water stains and soiling, 18th century blindstamped vellum, covers bowed, some soiling and stains, oblong 4to Sabin 89451. First published in Amsterdam in Latin in 1619, this French edition, including Le Maire's voyages 1615-17, is much more complete. Account of Spilbergen's five year circumnavigation, sponsored by the Dutch government, which did much to establish Dutch East India Company power in the Pacific. (1)
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