(Walbeeck, J.). Iournael van de Nassausche Vloot,

ofte Beschrijvingh van de Voyagie om den gantschen Aerd-Kloot, gedaen met elf schepen: onder 't beleydt van den Admirael Jaques 'Lheremite, ende Vice-Admirael Gheen Huygen Schgapenham, in de jaren, 1623, 1624, 1625, en 1626. (Amst., J. Jansz., 1645), 79 p., w. 5 engr. charts/ maps. In 19th-cent. marbled wr., obl. 4to. Faint waterstaining in right half, some sl. foxing, a good copy.

Sabin 14958; Landwehr, VOC, 250; Rouffaer/ Muller p.53; Tiele 666; Tiele, Mémoire 77-e ("Sans titre séparé. (…) Réimpression de l'édition de 1643, avec la description du Pérou & du Chili (…)"). Cat. NHSM p.115: "Vermoedelijk is de schrijver Johannes Walbeeck, die op het vlaggeschip was geplaatst. De expeditie had ten doel op de westkust de Spanjaarden afbreuk te doen. Te Calleo overleed admiraal l'Hermite, maar de elf schepen bereikten onder bevel van Gheen Huygen Schapenham alle op 1 maart 1625 behouden Oost-Indië, waar de vloot uiteenging." Part of Commelin (ed.), Begin ende Voortgang, Van de Vereenighde Nederlantsche Geoctroyeerde Oost-Indische Compagnie (1645). This part is on the Dutch raids on the coasts of Peru, the first edition was published in 1626. Jacques l'Hermite (ca. 1582-1624), sometimes also known as Jacques le Clerq, was a Dutch merchant, explorer and admiral known for his journey around the globe with the Nassau Fleet (1623–1626). He served the Dutch East India Company as chief merchant in Bantam and Ambon Island in the Dutch East Indies. The Chilean Hermite Islands near Cape Horn, charted by his fleet in February 1624, are named after him. The voyage aimed to discover an alternative route to the Magellan via the Pacific, by which the Dutch could consolidate their presence in the East Indies.