Van der Aa, Pieter, editor:

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NAAUKEURIGE VERSAMELING DER GEDENK-WAARDIGSTE ZEE EN LAND-REYSEN NA OOST EN WEST-INDIËN.... A complete first octavo edition of Pieter Van der Aa's comprehensive collection of memorable voyages translated into Dutch, which includes over 500 engraved views, as well as 107 engraved maps. Van der Aa's spectacular production gathers travel accounts of voyages from 1246 to 1696 from reputable sources such as De Bry, Hakluyt, Herrera, de Barros, and Thevenot, and includes all of the earliest voyages to the Americas such as Columbus, Vasco de Gama, Cortés, and Drake, as well as all other major and minor European voyages. A folio edition was also planned and begun simultaneously, but then abandoned and eventually completed in 1727.Pieter Van der Aa was an accomplished Leiden publisher, who was eventually named chief printer for the city and for the university in 1715. His output consisted largely of repackaging known texts and maps into sets and atlases, as here. Though he lacked creativity, his work is nevertheless remarkable for the exactness and quality of its production in combination with the scope of the projects that he undertook. The texts compiled here are principally gathered from other published works and translated into Dutch, and many of the maps and engravings are taken from the work of Johann Lodewyk Gottfried, whom he credits on the titlepages of the later folio edition, but not in the present octavo volumes."This collection includes the most remarkable voyages and tra

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