Author: J. A. J. De Villiers

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Published: 2015-07-20

Total Pages: 488

ISBN-13: 9781331895336

Excerpt from The East and West Indian Mirror: Being an Account of Joris Van Speilbergen's Voyage Round the World (1614-1617), And the Australian Navigations of Jacob Le Maire The two journals that form the present volume were first published together in the Dutch edition of 1619, from which version this translation is made, the Australische Navigatien of Jacob le Maire being there appended to Joris van Speilbergen's Nieuwe Oost ende West Indische Navigatien, "for this reason, to wit, that in this preceding Journal or New East and West Indian Navigations, mention is made in passing Magellanes Strait of a thoroughfare into the South Sea, and moreover, that this aforementioned le Maire did take ship with the aforesaid Joris Spilbergen in order to return home, but died on the voyage." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.