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Dutch manuscript by Pieter Vander Aa (1706) entitled Verscheyde Scheeps-Togten na Florida, door Pont

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Dutch manuscript by Pieter Vander Aa (1706) entitled Verscheyde Scheeps-Togten na Florida, door Pont
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Dutch manuscript by Pieter Vander Aa (1706) entitled Verscheyde Scheeps-Togten na Florida, door Pontius, Ribald, Laudonniere, Gourgues en Andere, regarding the 1562-5 French expedition in Florida, containing many woodcut engravings and a map, very rare. 9" x 14," 60 + 5 pages. We put this item under Engravings, but the fact is that it falls under all our categories of Documents, as it is a book with maps and many engravings (34 illustrations in all), and at least to Floridians it is (or should be) one of the most important documents we have ever offered, as it recounts one of the earliest and most sordid pieces of Florida history: The French Huguenot expedition under Ribault to colonize Florida and its subsequent extermination by the Spanish under Melendez in 1565. The map (loose) and engravings throughout are intricate and beautiful, showing all manner of ships and landscapes and humans (mostly natives but also a few Europeans), both in peace and (more often) in warfare, particularly showing gruesome executions and dismemberings, also one with alligators being skewered, all apparently very closely copied from originals by Theodor de Bry. In well used condition, with small holes and tears in margins and rather loose overall, yet with a minimum of foxing and staining. Accompanied by the book A Hundred Giants (2014), by Algoet, Armstrong and Baer, in which this manuscript is translated and reproduced in its entirety.

About the the accompanying book:
The first settlement of Europeans in Florida occurred in 1564 in the vicinity of Jacksonville. French Huguenots attempted a foothold there and lasted a year before being wiped out by the Spanish. As the struggle between the French and Spanish developed, French forces were shipwrecked along the Florida coast and executed by the Spaniards in the vicinity of Matanzas Inlet. In 2008 the authors began translating a Dutch manuscript published by Pieter Vander Aa, circa 1705, which was a collection of several French memoirs dealing with their settlement at Fort Caroline and subsequent conflicts with Spanish forces. The Vander Aa manuscript, previously unseen as an English publication, is used to drive on the investigation of new evidence found along the shore of Florida indicating where the Huguenots were killed and where at least one of their ships was wrecked. The book contains an exact reproduction of the Vander Aa manuscript, photos of artifacts supporting the new evidence, and more than twenty maps illustrating the subject locations. The French saga in Florida, albeit one thoroughly studied for more than a century, is presented here with fresh overview and comparative citations from previous scholars on the subject. More than 60 color photos and more than 20 color maps. Includes 66 image pages of the original Vander Aa manuscript. Dozens of artifact and coin photos.
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