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copper engraving. All original plates of van Noort’s Journal (and thus also the Commelin second state) are engraved with French captions, regardless of the language edition of the book. EXTREMELY RARE – almost impossible to find. The book is rarely offered for sale, but if available, carries a tag of ca. US$ 50,000.
View first published by Cornelis Claesz in Amsterdam in 1602, to accompany Olivier van Noort’s “Beschryvinghe vande voyagie om den geheelen werelt cloot”. Engraved by one of the foremost engravers of the day, Benjamin Wright, here the imprints are in their second state, with plate numbers in the lower corners. from “Begin Ende Voortgangh van de …'[V.O.C.]”, [Beginning and Progress of the Dutch East India Company…] Chapter: Schipvaerd Olivier van Noort… 1598-1601, p. 32 / 33. Extensively illustrated collection of journals by 21 navigators to the East and West Indies.; pl. 16. On the left is a Patagonian giant, with two penguins, seen in Magellan’s Strait. On the right is an inhabitant of New Spain denoted as an “artisan”. The centre figure represents the first depiction in print of a Filipino: a native from the Island of Capul.
closely cropped left, right and top margins.
