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BARBOT, Jean. Barbot on Guinea. The writings of Jean Barbot on West Africa 1678-1712. Edited by P.R.H. Hair, A. Jones and R. Law. General editor P.E.H. Hair. London, 1992. 2 volumes. Cloth, with dust-jacket. With map and 57 plates. CXXV,VII,916 pp. Hakluyt Society 175-176. - Jean Barbot served as a commercial agent on French slave-trading voyages to West Africa in 1678-79 and 1681-82. [Boeknr.: 20550 ]

€ 65,00

CELL, G.T. (Ed.). Newfoundland discovered. English attemps at colonisation, 1610-1630. London, 1982. Cloth, with dust-jacket. With 2 illustrations and 3 maps. XVIII,310 pp. Hakluyt Society 160. - The settlement, from its beginnings in 1610, was closely tied to the exploitation of the fishery. [Boeknr.: 20989 ]

€ 40,00

FENTON, Edward. The troublesome voyage of captain Edward Fenton 1582-1583. Narratives & documents edited by E.G.R. Taylor. Cambridge, 1959. Cloth. With 21 maps and illustrations. LVII,333 pp. Hakluyt Society 113. - First full account of the privateering voyage of Edward Fenton which proved to be a failure. [Boeknr.: 21031 ]

€ 40,00

HOLLAND, Henry. The Iceland journal of Henry Holland 1810. Edited by A. Wawn. London, 1987. Cloth, with dust-jacket. With 3 maps and 24 illustrations. XVII,342 pp. Hakluyt Society 168. - Sir Henry Holland, one of Victorian London's most celebrated physicians and most tireless travellers, visited Iceland in 1810 and 1871. [Boeknr.: 21022 ]

€ 40,00

SCHUVER, Juan Maria. Travels in North East Africa 1880-1883. Edited by W. James, G. Baumann and D. Johnson. London, 1996. Cloth, with dust-jacket. With maps and illustrations. CVII,392 pp. Hakluyt Society 184. - Juan Maria Schuver, son of a wealthy Amsterdam businessmann, remained for two years in the hills of the upper Blue Nile and the eastern watershed of the White Nile basin. His lively account of the region and his encounters with local people is presented from the rediscovered original manuscripts. [Boeknr.: 16613 ]

€ 45,00

VALENTIJN, François. Description of Ceylon. (Oud en nieuw Oost-Indien, 1726). Translated and edited by Sinnappah Arasaratnam. London, 1978. Cloth, with dust-jacket. With folding map and 13 plates. XV,395 pp. - (Hakluyt Society). [Boeknr.: 6322 ]

€ 55,00

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