ACCURATE COLLECTION
OF THE MOST MEMORABLE
SEA AND LAND VOYAGES,
TO
EAST AND WEST INDIES,
Together with other regions, at the first discovery
and so subsequently by various peoples, mostly
sent thither by Princes, or Companies,
undertaken;
SINCE THE YEAR 1606 TO 1608.
Of which some never printed, others now first from their original
Languages translated, and some remarkably improved;
Being a truthful and concise Description of many strange King-
doms, Landscapes and Cities, their names, Situations,
Strengths, Rivers, Seaports, Gold- and Silver-
Mines, Pearl-Fisheries, and manifold Wonders;
Besides the War-deeds and Memorable Acts of the discoverers,
having occurred in the opening up of these Lands; further their dangerous
and rare encounters, remarkable Histories,
gruesome devastations, prominent Colonies
and Establishment of Commerce there.
All throughout enriched with necessary Maps, multitude of Art-Prints,
and suitable Registers.
A rectangular vignette illustration depicts a printer's mark. In a room with bookshelves and scientific instruments like a globe, one man sits at a desk on the left while another stands on the right. In the center is a large chest or stone plinth inscribed with the motto: "THROUGH TIME AND DILIGENCE."
Published
IN LEIDEN,
By PIETER VANDER AA,
Bookseller in the St. Peter's Choir-alley, in PLATO. 1707.
Where the same can be obtained.
With Patents from the Lords States of Holland, the Lands of Utrecht, and the States General.