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 ...
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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.
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As New. xv + 139pp, 7 maps, coloured frontispiece portrait of van den Broecke, Unmarked, Fine in Fine dust-jacket. Previous owner's bookplate, else as new. CB43.
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F in F jacket. F/F. 4to. original blue cloth gilt in dustwrapper (a couple of light marks); pp. xvi, 140 (last blank) with 2 illustrations & 7 maps. A fine copy.
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Like New. Size: 7x0x10; The Hakluyt Society; London, 2000. Hardcover. A Near Fine, navy blue cloth binding with gilt emblem on front board and gilt lettering on spine, binding firm, interior and extremities tidy, trace handling marks/shelf wear, in a Near Fine, trace edge/corner wear, mild sunning to spine, minimal handling/scuff marks to panels, Dust wrapper. A nice, clean and unmarked copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9], 139pp., appendix, bibliography, indexed. We pack securely and ship daily w/delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. pp. xv, 139, 2 illustrations, 7 maps, preface, introduction, appendices, (weights, measures and currency; extant editions of the manuscript; maps, bibliography, index of persons, index of places, index of select subjects. Larger 8vo.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. pp. xv, (1), 139, sketch maps, "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… Larger 8vo.