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EAST AND WEST INDIAN MIRROW. being an account of JORIS VAN SPIELBERGEN'S Voyage around the World (1614-1617) and The Australian Navigations of Jacob le Maire
by SPIELGERGEN, Joris Van, LE MAIRE, Jacob trans with notes and Intro. by J.A.J. de VILLIERS
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
London: Hakluyt Society, 1906. 1st Edition . Hardcover. VG- for age and genre. Blue blind-stamped cloth with gilt sp. lettering and logo centre front, sp. a little darkened, end sl. rubbed and intermittent rubbing to joints with some sm. cloth brekas. , lxi + unf.facs. t.p. of 1619 Dutch 1st ed. + 272 +40 (Haklut Society notices and pub. list), 24 further unf. plates ex-pag. as called for + one other not inc. in list (as noted on Contents p.); series half title moderately tanned as usual, end-papers more heavily so, otherwise internally clean, tight and unmarked, though a touch of marginal tanning throughout. Issued as Second Series No. XVIII 15 cm x 22 cm
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- Douglas Books
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- 013777
- Title
- EAST AND WEST INDIAN MIRROW. being an account of JORIS VAN SPIELBERGEN'S Voyage around the World (1614-1617) and The Australian Navigations of Jacob le Maire
- Author
- SPIELGERGEN, Joris Van, LE MAIRE, Jacob trans with notes and Intro. by J.A.J. de VILLIERS
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG- for age and genre
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Hakluyt Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1906
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- travel exploration circumnavigation 17th century history maritime history
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- Gilt
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- Half Title
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- Rubbing
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- PUB
- Common abbreviation for 'published'
- SL.
- slight
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
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