Author: BACOT, Willem - Willem CREDO.
Title: Zeeusche spectator over de boedel en het testament van capitein Willem Credo, onder toezicht van Gerard Bacot, predikant te Koudekerk, en syn vrou Paulina Credo, nevens een journaal of dag-lyst van een bedroefde reis naa het vermakelyk Alphen. Tot waarschouwing van jonge predikanten om niet ligt voogdyen aan te nemen. Den 30 April 1734
Description: (No pl.), 1734.Modern cloth with gilt lettering. Title-page printed in red and black. (4),416 pp.First edition. - About the lagacy of Willem Credo (1663-1733) arose in 1734 an enormous quarrel according to this book. The privateer captain Willem Credo, a seaman, warrior and merchant from Middelburg in Zeeland was active between 1689 and 1713 in many areas: West-European Seas, the Mediterranean sea, African Waters and the West Indies. According to several sources in archives he appears to have been very succesful. He brought in nearly two hundred prizes and undertook one, and probably more illegal enslavement voyages from Angola to Sint Eustatius. Credo became a celebrity in those years. He owned a country house in Alphen aan de Rijn. - Very rare.Not in Sabin or European Americana.

Keywords: America Islands Jubileum cat. Nederlandse Antillen piracy slavery