Hazeu, Johannes (transl.)
First edition schoolbook, VOC, 1824 | Voorstellingen uit de Natuur en het Menschelijk Leven. Een aangenaam leerzaam geschenk voor de jeugd. Amsterdam, M. H. Helmig, 1824, 195+(3)pp.
Dutch translation of an originally German book. First edition with 4 colored plates. On first front endleaf: “W. A. Venghaus”(?). On recto of plate 1 in dark ink: “van Barend Willem George Wiesner. Oud 10 Jaar. 1868. Van Barend.”
Fascinating accounts of whale hunt, shipwreck, the Barbary coast slave trade, the city of Tripoli, Prussian field marshal Blucher (fought against Napoleon), St. Helena & Buonaparte, the looting of Lubeck in 1806, fortunes of a Meckelenburg officer on the Russian battle field in 1812, and the return of St. Germain to France, from the East.
One of the 10 accounts, Chapter III is titled ‘Schipbreuk van den Oostindie-Vaarder Cabalva, with content on the 1818 wreck of the ship under the command of Captain ‘Darymple’ (sic). The Cabalva, a 1200 ton British East Indiaman under the command of Captain James Dalrymple, was en route to India & China and was wrecked off Cadargos, Carajos Reefs near Mauritius on the 7th of July 1818. Happily for part of the crew some casks of beer were saved, and moved to a location dubbed “Beer Island”, where it was consumed over the following weeks.
school book – education – leermiddel – school boek – children’s education – children’s literature – translation – slavery – whale hunt – arreslee – VOC – Shipwrech
SKU: 67707
Bound in paper on board, 17 x 10 cm. Signs of wear: rubbings and other small damages, foxing.
€ 272,50 (€ 250,00 ex. btw)