Verhael van de eerste schip-vaert der Hollandische en Zeeusche schepen, door 't Way-gat
Subtitle: by Noorden Noorweghen, Moscovien ende Tartarien om, na de coninckrijcken Cathay ende China. Met drie schepen, uyt Texel ghezeylt. Hier achter is by-ghevoeght de beschrijvinghe van de landen Siberia, Samoyeda, ende Tingoesa. Seer vreemt en vermaacklijck om te lesen
Contributors: Pontanus, Johannes Isacius, 1571-1639; Muller, Frederik, 1817-1881
Edition: Den tweeden druck, / van nieuws oversien.
Publisher: Voor Joost Hartgers, Boeck-verkooper op den Dam, bezijden het Stadts-huys, op de hoeck van de Kalver-straet, in de Boeck-winckel
Published: 1650
Place of publication: t' Amsterdam
Language: dut
Number of pages: 63
Subjects: Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie; Voyages around the world
Notes: Caption title on p. 3: Kort verhael van d'eerste schip-vaert ... Getogen uyt het Iournael van Gerrit de Veer.

Colophon (p. 63): 't Amsterdam, By Adriaan Roest, voor aen in de Bloem-straet.

First published Amsterdam, 1598, as Waerachtighe beschrijvinghe.

Woodcut  title vignette of two ships under sail, historiated initial; 6 engravings depicting Willem Barentsz'  travels to the Northpole.

Text set in black letter type; side notes.

Text includes the third voyage of Willem Barentsz, Description of Siberia, Samoieda, and Tingoesa, as found in the journals of Gerrit de Veer, and Discours of Johannes I. Pontanus.

Signatures: A-D⁸ (A1 and D8 verso blank)

Virgules in title have been replaced by commas.

JCB Lib. cat. pre-1 675, II:403.

European Americana 650/218, 648/80.

Tiele, P.A. Journeaux navigateurs, 114.

Sabin, 98739.

John Carter Brown Library has 2 copies; copy 1 (F648 C734o)  is item no. 2 (voyage no. 1), in a collection of thirteen voyages of the Dutch East India Company, each issued with separate title and pagination; all except voyages nos. 10 and 11, reprinted from Isaac Commelin's Begin ende voortgangh, first published Amsterdam, 1644 (?). Bound together subsequent to publication. Copy 2 (F650 V419v) has bookplate of Frederik Muller, Amsterdam, on front paste-down.