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VALENTYN, FRANCOIS , No. 8 H. Staeten Landt Bezylt
Starting Bid: $1,300
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$1,500 - $2,000
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VALENTYN, FRANCOIS
No. 8 H. Staeten Landt Bezylt
en Ontdekt met de Scheepen Heemskerk en de Zeehaen onder het Commande van den E. Abel Tasman. In den Iaare 1642. Den 13 December. No 9. I. Aldus vertoont zich het Drie Koningen Eyland, als gy het aen de Noort West Zyde op 40. Vademen van uw heeft. From Oud en nieuw Oost-Indien. [1726] Engraved by F. Ottens. Shows the track of Abel Tasman’s first voyage down the west coast of New Zealand. In need of fresh water, a landing party tried to reach Three Kings Islands but were thwarted by the heavy surf. On the hills they saw men of "great Stature", giving rise to the theory that New Zealand was populated by a land of giants. The watering attempt being unsuccessful, Tasman set sail for the Cocos Islands. Ellis, Early Prints of New Zealand.
One of the first representations to show New Zealand and the New Zealanders.
No. 8 H. Staeten Landt Bezylt
en Ontdekt met de Scheepen Heemskerk en de Zeehaen onder het Commande van den E. Abel Tasman. In den Iaare 1642. Den 13 December. No 9. I. Aldus vertoont zich het Drie Koningen Eyland, als gy het aen de Noort West Zyde op 40. Vademen van uw heeft. From Oud en nieuw Oost-Indien. [1726] Engraved by F. Ottens. Shows the track of Abel Tasman’s first voyage down the west coast of New Zealand. In need of fresh water, a landing party tried to reach Three Kings Islands but were thwarted by the heavy surf. On the hills they saw men of "great Stature", giving rise to the theory that New Zealand was populated by a land of giants. The watering attempt being unsuccessful, Tasman set sail for the Cocos Islands. Ellis, Early Prints of New Zealand.
One of the first representations to show New Zealand and the New Zealanders.
