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Eylffte Schiffart, oder Kurtze Beschreibung einer Reyse, so von den Holländern vnd Seeländern, in die Ost Indien, mit neun grossen vnd vier kleinen Jagschiffen, vnder der Admiralschafft Peter Wilhelm Verhuffen, &c. in Jahren 1607. 1608. vnd 1609. verrichtet worden, neben vermeldung, was jhnen sonderlich begegnet sey.

Verken, Johann, active 1607-1613, Arthus, Gotthard, 1568-, Hulsius, Levinus, -1606 · 1612 · Gedruckt zu Franckfurt am Mayn, : Bey Erasmo Kempffern, in Verlegung Leuini Hulsii Wittibe. · 4 pictures

This is a 1612 German-language account printed at Frankfurt am Main by Erasmus Kempffer for Levinus Hulsius's widow, describing a Dutch voyage to the East Indies under admiral Pieter Willemszoon Verhoeff in 1607 to 1609. Its engraved pictures show ships, coastal scenes, a harbour map and figures gathering fruit, and a designer could take from them the dense cross-hatched line engraving typical of early European travel reportage.

Verhoeff, Pieter Willemszoon, approximately 1573-1609 · Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie · Portuguese · Imprint 1612

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