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xv, 139 pages : illustrations (some colour), 1 colour portrait, maps ; 25 cm. Summary:This volume offers those parts of Pieter Van den Broecke's manuscript that describe the four trading voyages he made to Africa as a commercial agent for various Dutch companies. He describes the communities he encountered in West and Central Africa and the strategies of Dutch merchants.

139 pages. Faint discoloring and wear; tight binding; very good shape. The jacket has light discoloring, a little wear and tear along the edges. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Exploration; ISBN: 0904180689. ISBN/EAN: 9780904180688. Inventory No: 203653.

xv+139 pages with color frontispiece, 1 illustration, 7 maps, appendices, bibliography and indices. Small quarto (10" x 7") issued in original dark blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and pictorial representation of the ship Victoria blind stamped in gilt on the cover. Works issued by the Hakluyt Society, Third Series, Number 5. Translated and edited by J D La Fleur. First edition. 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 abridge and significantly alter 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 the sophisticated commercial strategies of Dutch merchants then trading on the Atlantic coast of Africa. This edition begins with an introductory essy 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. Condition: A fine copy in like jacket.

8vo., First Edition, with coloured portrait frontispiece and maps; original Society binding of navy cloth, upper board blocked with sailing vessel in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Hakluyt Society, Third Series, No. 5.

1605-1612; 9.9 X 7.2 X 1.1 inches; 139 pages

Octavo (25.5cm). Blue cloth, gilt-stamped, in blue dust jacket; [xvi],139pp; color frontispiece, black and white plates and maps. Straight and sound, with minor spotting to cloth and top edge: Very Good. Jacket lightly rubbed, lightly spotted at spine and flap folds: Very Good.

Hardcover; 4to; 139 pages. Dark blue cloth hardcovers with gilt on spine, gilt ship on front. Bright and clean interior. In a blue paper jacket, black titles. Lightly sunned spine. FINE/NF

London, 2000. 8vo. Cloth, with dust-jacket. With 2 plates and 7 maps. XV,139 pp.Hakluyt Society, 3rd series, 5. - This 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.

156 pages. 9.29x6.50x0.59 inches. In Stock.

pp. xv + 139 2 Illus., 7 Maps