Bennet, Roelof Gabriel and Jacobus van Wijk

Verhandeling over de Nederlandsche Ontdekkingen in Amerika, Australie, de Indien en de Poollanden, en de namen, welke weleer aan dezelve door Nederlanders zijn gegeven, werd uiteindelijk [1827]

Utrecht: Johannes Altheer, 1827. 1st ed. Royal octavo, pp.(ii), 215, (7 folding plates 'List of the Main Dutch Discoveries'), (1 folding plate: 'Table In which the Latitudes and Longitudes of some of the most Distinguished Discoveries of the Dutch are compared with the Observations of the following Sailors'), few closed tears and tanning to borders of t.p., plates and edges, uncut, recased in quarter leather, marbled bds. Very good condn.

Treatise on the Dutch Discoveries in America, Australia, the Indies and the Polar Countries, and the names formerly given to them by the Dutch. Includes 8 folding pages at end : pp.(1-7): 'Lijst der Voornaamste Nederlandsche Ontdekkingen' ; pp.(8):'Tafel Waarin de Breedten en Lengten van Eenige der Voornnamste Ontdekkingen der Nederlanders miet de Waarnemingen van Volgende Zeelieden Vergeleken Worden'. Mentions Shark Bay and Hartog in Western Australia, Dutch explorers Dirk de Hartog, de Witt, Vlamingh and Jansz; and English explorer Matthew Flinders. Item #98012

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