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HOORN, Nicolaas ten.
Boegaerts, A Historische Reizen door d'ootersche Deelen van Asia.
An important 18th century travel account by Abraham Bogaert (1663-1727), a physician in the service of the Dutch East India Company (V.O.C.). This work describes journies to the East Indies, the Bantam War, and the expulsion of the French from Siam (Thailand), and the political situation at The Cape of Good Hope in the early 18th century.
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- Published
- Amsterdam, 1711.
- Plates
- 19
- Binding/Size
- M=4to
- Value
- 5001-25000
- Published
- Amsterdam, 1711.
- Ref
- 1697
[Boegaerts Historical Journeys through the Eastern Parts of Asia.] Published in original vellum, 4to. 15 folding plates, coloured by a contemporary hand. Bookplates to inside cover and to front free end paper. Covers stained, rubbed and lightly worn in places. Title to top of spine. This work details accounts of Bogaerts far Eastern travels, plus stop in the Canary Islands and South Africa. Bogaerts documents the oppressive rule of (Dutch) Governor Willem Adriaan van der Stel at the Cape, and supported the local free citizens. This work also includes historical descriptions of the kingdoms and landscapes in Asia. This work is regarded as a valuable source of VOC history. Coloured plates in order: 1. Frontispiece. 2. Title page. 3. Coloured header. 4. Oval portrait of Abraham Boegaerts (folding plate - slightly damaged). 5. Samojuden. 6. Teneriffe en Des Zeles Piek. 7. Cabo de Goede Hoop (folding plate). 8. Nieuwe Jaarsviering der Sineezen. 9. Siamsche Balons. 10. Siamsche Roei-Jachten (folding plate). 11. Siamsche Balons (folding plate). 12. Moort dood van Konstatyn Faulkon. 13. Zodiakroupyen van Nourmahal. 14. Cingalezen en der Zelve Drachten. 15. (Untitled plate - Nature and Customs of the Malabar Brahmins). 16. Doop der Parruas Franciscus Xaverus. 17. Doods beweening der Mooren. 18. Crustaceans. (lobster, rock crab, crab...). 19. De Hofstede Vergelegen, zo als ze de Heer W.A. van der Stel heeft gelieven te vertoonen (folding plate).