Lodewijcksz, Willem (d. 1604).

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Description

Premier livre de l'histoire de la navigation aux Indes Orientales par les Hollandois. Amsterdam: Cornille Nicolas, 1598, first french edition, ff. 53, [1 (with engraving, otherwise blank)], illustration: large engraved map on title, woodcut initials, 47 engraved maps and plates in text, one plate of coins etc., many woodcut coastal profiles and anchorage diagrams in text, [JCB i 364; Alden 598.59; Tiele-Muller 113], fol.12 with short clean tear (without loss) partly affecting image and text, some light waterstaining

Neck, J.C. van (1564-1638) and W. van Warwijck (c. 1569-1615). Le second livre, iournal ou comptoir, contenant le vray discours et narration historique, du voyage [-Appendice, Vocabulaire des mots Iavans et Malayats]. Amsterdam: Corneille Nicolas, 1601, first french edition, 2 parts in one, ff. [1], 21, [8], illustration: both titles with large engraved plate, woodcut initials and illustrations in text, 23 engraved maps and plates in text, Javanese vocabulary printed in civilité type, [JCB ii 11; Alden 601.68; Carter and Vervliet 314; Tiele-Muller 126]

2 works in one volume, folio (322 x 240mm.), contemporary limp vellum, binding slightly stained and bowed

Provenance

from the Duval family of doctors of Évreux (Normandy, France), signature on each title, the first dated 1626, and an inscription on the verso of preliminary blank in a second hand dated 1651; Nicolas-Joseph Foucault (1643-1721), armorial bookplate

Catalogue Note

The first work contains the most important account of the first Dutch voyage to the East Indies by the fleet under Cornelis de Houtman. The journal was kept on board the Mauritius, the author being one of the Commissaires on board, who later, as Admiral, conducted a small expedition to Brazil with Joris van Spilbergen.

The second work describes the highly successful expedition of 1598-1600 under Neck and Warwijck. They visited and named Mauritius, established a factory at Bantam, as well as exploring Madagascar, the Moluccas, Java, Celebes, Banda and Ternate. This voyage led to the formation of the Dutch East India Company in1602 and the concentration of the Dutch colonial effort on Java and the Spice Islands to the east. There are also references to Brazil and to tobacco in the West Indies. The Appendix of the second work contains one of the earliest records of the language of Java and Malaya.