
Rhyanon Demery
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The rare French edition of both Spilbergen's voyages of 1614-16, and Le Maire's voyages 1615-17, and including a folding map showing their courses. The first edition appeared in 1619; "this French edition is much sought after. The text of Le Maire's journal is much more complete than that in the Latin edition of 1619" (Borba de Moraes).
During his circumnavigation, Spilbergen sailed through the Straits of Magellan, up the coast of Peru, further north reaching the coast of California where he raided Spanish settlements, and thence to the Molucca Islands and Java.
Provenance: N. du Rien, early ownership inscription on front free endpaper.