Historische beschryving der reizen of nieuwe en volkoome verzameling van de aller-waardigste en zeldsaamste zee- en landtogten .. Naauwkeurig in't Nederduitsch overgebragt ..

's Gravenhage, Pieter de Hondt, Amsterdam, Wed. S. Schouten, a.o., 1747-1767.21 volumes. 4to. Contemporary half calf, spines gilt with floral motifs and red and green labels. With 21 title-pages printed in red and black, engraved portrait of the author, 20 engraved headpieces (vol. I-XX), 27 text-engravings depicting the Governors General of the Dutch East Indies, 195 engraved maps and plans (134 folding) and 365 engraved plates (90 folding) by Jacob van der Schley a.o. First Dutch edition edited by J.P.J. du Bois. This is an enlarged translation of the first 17 books of the French edition, Histoire generale des voyages, Amsterdam 1746-1761; largely based on John Green's series A new general collection of voyages and travels, London 1745-1747. The richly illustrated series contains accounts of the voyages and explorations in Africa, China, Tibet and Tartary, The East Indies, Borneo, Celebes and the Moluccas, Siam, Hindustan, Arabia, Japan, and Phillipines, Vol. XIX contains the voyages of Wouter Schouten, William Dampier, Gemelli Careri, Anson and Joseph Pizarro; Vol. XX contains The biographies of the Governors-General of the Dutch East Indies and description of Batavia; Vol. XXI contains the natural history of the Dutch East Indies. It includes the early Australian voyages such as Saavedra, Gaetano, Torres, Mendana, Quiros, Nodals including accounts of the discovery of Australia by the Dutch including Vlamingh. Other Dutch voyages by Pelsaert, Tasman, the early voyages to New Guinea by Keyts and Vink, voyages to the Palau Islands and Roggeveen's voyage to Terres Australes. With a large worldmap by N. Bellin and nice maps of i.a. Gulf of Bengal, Indonesian Archipelago, the Philippines, Japan, China, Macao, Hindoustan and views of i.a. Nanking, Goa and Ceram, plans of i.a. Nagasaki, Edo and Batavia. - A very attractive set of this famous compilation of voyages, including most of the early Australian voyages and travels. Tiele 103; Cat. NHSM I, p.108; Landwehr, VOC, 267; Sabin 65405; Hill 1391 (French ed.).