Dampier's Nieuwe Reystogt rondom de Werreld… - Two Volumes with...
Dampier's Nieuwe Reystogt rondom de Werreld… - Two Volumes with 11 Maps & 17 Engravings
These historic volumes are William Dampier's Nieuwe Reystogt rondom de Werreld. (...) waarin omstandiglyk beschreeven worden De Land-engte van Amerika (...). Beneffens Eenige merkwaardige ontmoetingen in de Zuydzee en elders. The work was published in The Hague by A. de Hondt between 1698 and 1700. This is the first Dutch edition and was translated by W. Sewel.
The work is 3 parts in 2 volumes bound in contemporary uniform vellum. It has 2 engraved frontispieces as well as 11 maps and 17 engravings (some folding). The plates were done by C. Luyken and J. Lamsvelt. This lot does not include the separately published continuation published in 1704 titled Reystogt (...) na Nieuw Holland (...) in 't jaar 1699.
William Dampier (1651-1715) was born in England and was orphaned. He set out in 1679 and took to the seas as a pirate and sea captain before returning in 1691. He is noted as the first man to circumnavigate the world three times. He was also the first Englishman to explore parts of New Holland (Australia) and New Guinea. He's believed to have been the first Englishman to step on the Australian mainland.
"William Dampier combined a swashbuckling life of adventure with pioneering scientific achievements. In 1676, he started his career as a buccaneer preying on ships on the Spanish Main and struggling through the impenetrable jungle of the Isthmus of Panama in search of gold. He could easily have ended up on the gallows. Poor and obscure yet determined to sail the world to make his fortune, he was to become the first person to circumnavigate the globe three times. Among his many extraordinary achievements, Dampier mapped the winds and the currents of the world’s oceans for the first time. He inspired Darwin one hundred and fifty years later with his notes on the wildlife of the Galapagos islands and elsewhere. His portrait in London’s National Portrait Gallery shows a lean, strong-featured man with a thoughtful expression, brown shoulder-length hair and a plain coat, holding a book in his hand. He is styled ‘Pirate and Hydrographer’ but even that tells only part of his story. He was a pioneering navigator, naturalist, travel writer and explorer, as well as hydrographer who was, indeed, quite happy to seek his fortune as a pirate." (Preston)
"Of the famous group of buccaneers that tormented the Spaniards in the 'South Sea' from 1680 to 1720, Dampier was the best known and probably the most intelligent. His industry in taking careful notes of everything he saw was equaled by his assiduous pains in preserving them from destruction. (...) Concerning the problem of Australia being a continent, Dampier says that 'It is not yet determined whether it is an Island or a Main Continent; but I am certain that it joyns neither to Asia, Africa, nor America.' It is evident that on his first visit he knew nothing of what Tasman had discovered; but on his second expedition he used one of Tasman's charts." (Cox)
Paper Size: ~ 6 1/4" by 8"
Paper Type or Special Features: Two Volumes with 11 Maps & 17 Engravings
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Dampier's Nieuwe Reystogt rondom de Werreld… - Two Volumes with 11 Maps & 17 Engravings
These historic volumes are William Dampier's Nieuwe Reystogt rondom de Werreld. (...) waarin omstandiglyk beschreeven worden De Land-engte van Amerika (...). Beneffens Eenige merkwaardige ontmoetingen in de Zuydzee en elders. The work was published in The Hague by A. de Hondt between 1698 and 1700. This is the first Dutch edition and was translated by W. Sewel.
The work is 3 parts in 2 volumes bound in contemporary uniform vellum. It has 2 engraved frontispieces as well as 11 maps and 17 engravings (some folding). The plates were done by C. Luyken and J. Lamsvelt. This lot does not include the separately published continuation published in 1704 titled Reystogt (...) na Nieuw Holland (...) in 't jaar 1699.
William Dampier (1651-1715) was born in England and was orphaned. He set out in 1679 and took to the seas as a pirate and sea captain before returning in 1691. He is noted as the first man to circumnavigate the world three times. He was also the first Englishman to explore parts of New Holland (Australia) and New Guinea. He's believed to have been the first Englishman to step on the Australian mainland.
"William Dampier combined a swashbuckling life of adventure with pioneering scientific achievements. In 1676, he started his career as a buccaneer preying on ships on the Spanish Main and struggling through the impenetrable jungle of the Isthmus of Panama in search of gold. He could easily have ended up on the gallows. Poor and obscure yet determined to sail the world to make his fortune, he was to become the first person to circumnavigate the globe three times. Among his many extraordinary achievements, Dampier mapped the winds and the currents of the world’s oceans for the first time. He inspired Darwin one hundred and fifty years later with his notes on the wildlife of the Galapagos islands and elsewhere. His portrait in London’s National Portrait Gallery shows a lean, strong-featured man with a thoughtful expression, brown shoulder-length hair and a plain coat, holding a book in his hand. He is styled ‘Pirate and Hydrographer’ but even that tells only part of his story. He was a pioneering navigator, naturalist, travel writer and explorer, as well as hydrographer who was, indeed, quite happy to seek his fortune as a pirate." (Preston)
"Of the famous group of buccaneers that tormented the Spaniards in the 'South Sea' from 1680 to 1720, Dampier was the best known and probably the most intelligent. His industry in taking careful notes of everything he saw was equaled by his assiduous pains in preserving them from destruction. (...) Concerning the problem of Australia being a continent, Dampier says that 'It is not yet determined whether it is an Island or a Main Continent; but I am certain that it joyns neither to Asia, Africa, nor America.' It is evident that on his first visit he knew nothing of what Tasman had discovered; but on his second expedition he used one of Tasman's charts." (Cox)
Paper Size: ~ 6 1/4" by 8"
Paper Type or Special Features: Two Volumes with 11 Maps & 17 Engravings
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