80/2705 [America]. Laet, J. de. Historie ofte Iaerlijck Verhael van de Verrichtinghen der Geoctroyeerde West-Indische Compagnie, zedert haer Begin, tot het eynde van 't jaer sesthien-hondert ses-en-dertich. Leyden, B. and A. Elzevier, 1644, (32),544,31,(12)p., 13 double-p. engr. maps and views, contemp. overlapping vellum, folio.

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= Tiele 630; Willems 571; Asher 22; Sabin 38556; Alden and Landis II, p.444; Borba de Moraes I, p.452 (erroneously 14 plates). The very rare first and only edition of this basic source for the history of the Dutch West India Company. "In this work the Company's operations, especially in Brazil, are described with meticulous detail." (Klooster, The Dutch in the Americas 1600-1800, p.45). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXIII.