75/2608 [Asia]. Schouten, W. Reistogt naar en door Oostïndiën, waar in de voornaamste landen, steden, eilanden, bergen, rivieren, enz.; de godsdienst, wetten, zéden, gewoonten, en kléding der bijzondere volken; en het merkwaerdige in de dieren, planten en gewassen der Indischen gewesten, nauwkeurig worden beschréven. Doormengd met veele ongewoone voorvallen, zonderlinge geschiedverhaalen, getrouwe berigten van bloedige zee- en veldslagen met de Portugeesen, Makassers en anderen. Amst., M. Schalekamp, 1780, 4th rev. ed. ("in eenen verbéterden stijl en cierlyk Neêrduitsch gebragt"), 2 parts in 1 vol., (4),XIV,323,(1); (6),211,(21)p., engr. frontisp., 4 fold. maps, 47 ills. on 44 (fold.) plates, portrait of the author, later vellum, 4to.

- A few sl. foxed spots, otherwise a very fine copy.

= Tiele 991; Rouffaer/ Muller p.55; Mendelssohn II, p.279; Landwehr VOC, 285. Modernised edition of Wouter Schouten's popular voyage to the Dutch East Indies, the first with the maps (Java, Ambon, Ceylon, nautical world map), the plates newly etched/ engraved by C. Decker. Howgego S66: "Schouten was an observant traveller who explored inland into the environs of nearly every port-of-call, sometimes by himself or with a small group of comrades. His narrative, full of anecdotes as well as information gleaned about countries he had not visited, became particularly popular with readers in the eighteenth century, when it was republished in no fewer than seven editions." SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXX.