Author: ADAMS, JOAN [JOHN],
Title: Verzameling van uitgezochte (uitgezogte) nieuwe reizen; bevattende de merkwaardigste zaken en gebeurtenissen, betrekkelijk de gedane togten en ontdekkingen rondom de wereld, benevens de zeden en gebruiken der volken.
Description: Rotterdam, Mensing & Van Westreenen, 1819. 2 vols. XVI+382;XIV+391 pp. Hardcover. Modern cloth. (Old lib. stamps; greater part of corners & margins a bit waterst., thumbed, some pages creased/frayed/chipped; lacks map; also lacks plates mentioned on titles, but probably published without plates). Fair. ¶ Rather used copy. - Dutch translation of John Adams, Modern voyages, containing a variety of useful and entertaining facts (London, 1790). - Extremely rare edition (not in the usual reference works, nor in Worldcat), reprint of the 1800 ed. by J.C. Leeuwestyn, The Hague, 1800 (Cat. Nederlandsch Historisch Scheepvaart Museum p. 109).

Keywords: . General world global 1600 1790


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