James D La Fleur Editor (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hakluyt edition of the first English translation of Van den Broecke's account of his fifth voyage as a commercial agent for various Dutch companies who were then expanding their worldwide trading networks. Copy is in near fine condition. Appears unread. Dust jacket is very good; would be near fine also save for minor ink spotting to front.

hardback with dustjacket. In the summer of 1630, Pieter van den Broecke returned to Amsterdam after completing his fifth voyage overseas as a commercial agent for various Dutch companies who were then expanding their worldwide trading networks. Van den Broecke used this homecoming to compose a lengthy manuscript describing his experiences, and to arrange its publication in 1634. However, this published version presented his account in a highly abridged and significantly altered form. The present edition offers for the first time an English translation of those parts of Van den Broecke's original manuscript which describe the four trading voyages he made to Africa in the early seventeenth century. His manuscript is an important historical source because he was among the earliest of Europeans to describe in detail the communities he encountered in West Africa and Central Africa and to describe in detail the sophisticated commercial strategies of Dutch merchants then trading on the Atlantic coast of Africa. This edition begins with an introductory essay presenting Van den Broecke's biography and places the writing of the manuscript within the context of his professional aspirations. The edited translation of Van den Broecke's narrative is extensively annotated with reference both to other contemporary accounts and to relevant modern scholarship. 2000. First edition. A fine, unmarked copy in a very good d/w with light sun tanning to the spine and 2 Centimeters X 18.3 Centimeters X 25.5 Centimeters.

4to, 15+139 pages, illustrations, maps, bibliography, indices, coloured portrait frontispiece : the first English translation of his four trading voyages to Africa in the early C17th; hardback FINE FINE dw isbn 0904180689 west africa cape verde gold coast guinea angola african travel portuguese african exploration.

NEAR FINE COPY IN NEAR FINE DUSTWRAP. 2 PLATES. 7 MAPS. SERIES III, VOL 5. EDITED BY J D LA FLEUR.

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!