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Van der Aa's Verscheyde scheeps-togten na Florida… - Volume with 1 Map & 32 Engravings - This historic volume is Verscheyde scheeps-togten na Florida, door Pontius, Ribald, Laudonniere, Gourgues en andere: gedaan in het Jaar 1562... The work was published in Leyden by Pieter van der Aa in 1706. The volume includes a folding map and 32 engraved plates. It is bound in modern paper wraps. This is the Dutch translation of the accounts of the Voyages to America by Pontius, Ribauld, Laudonniere, and others in the late 1500s. Pieter van der Aa (1659-1733) was a Dutch cartographer, publisher, and book seller. He was appointed to the bookseller trade from the age of 9 and went on to own a bookshop and auction house. He published many maps in his time, and became best known for his atlases on exploration and noted voyages. Much of what he published was composite atlases in which he utilized many other publishers plates and prints including Carel Allard and Frederik De Wit as well as his own work. Paper Size: ~ 4 1/2” by 7”