Author: BROUWER, Hendrick.
Title: Het jacht Dolphin van Hoorn. Verkenner in de vloot van Hendrik Brouwer, 1643.
Description: Hoorn, Stichting Nederlandse Kaap Hoorn Vaarders, 2007. 8vo. Wrappers. With illustrations. 112 pp.In 1642, the VOC joined the Dutch West India Company in organizing an expedition to Chile to establish a base for trading gold at the abandoned ruins of Valdivia. The fleet sailed from Dutch Brazil where John Maurice of Nassau provided them with supplies. While rounding Cape Horn, the expedition established that Staten Island was not part of the unknown Southern land.
Keywords: Chili Dutch maritime history Patagonia South America WIC West India Company wic general
Title: Het jacht Dolphin van Hoorn. Verkenner in de vloot van Hendrik Brouwer, 1643.
Description: Hoorn, Stichting Nederlandse Kaap Hoorn Vaarders, 2007. 8vo. Wrappers. With illustrations. 112 pp.In 1642, the VOC joined the Dutch West India Company in organizing an expedition to Chile to establish a base for trading gold at the abandoned ruins of Valdivia. The fleet sailed from Dutch Brazil where John Maurice of Nassau provided them with supplies. While rounding Cape Horn, the expedition established that Staten Island was not part of the unknown Southern land.
Keywords: Chili Dutch maritime history Patagonia South America WIC West India Company wic general
Price: EUR 27.50 = appr. US$ 29.89 Seller: Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books (NVvA/ILAB)
- Book number: 32251
- Book number: 32251