Buy this book on-line Posthumus Meyjes, R : De Reis van Joris van Spilbergen door Straat Magelhães naar Oost-Indië en terug rond Zuid-Afrika in 1614-1617(Amsterdam: J. H. de Bussy, 1952)
8vo; original blue cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, and with gilt device to upper cover; pp. xxxix + (i) + 228, incl. index; several, largely folding, plates and maps. Boards bumped and rubbed; lower hinge broken, but with archival tape repair; binding a bit slack; lower fore-corner bumped; light foxing throughout; end map a little creased. Good reading copy. Dutch text. Van Spilbergen's circumnavigation with a fleet of six ships between 1614 and 1617 took him beyond the Straits of Magellan, and included raids on the Spanish settlements of California. He died in poverty in the Netherlands in 1620. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Posthumus Meyjes, R : De Reis van Joris van Spilbergen door Straat Magelhães naar Oost-Indië en terug rond Zuid-Afrika in 1614-1617. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including out of print books, collectables, incunabula, atlases and first editions. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |