Vervarelyke schip-breuk van't Oost-Indisch jacht ter Schelling, onder het landt van Bengale; verhalende desselfs verongelukken, en den gruwelijken hongers-noot van 32 schip-breukelingen op zeker onbewoont eilant, daer sy van 't wrak met een vlot aenquamen [...].

4to: [8]-96 pp. (wormtracks throughout touching the text).

Loose in quires, kept in a mod. box.

Second (1st in the same year) and best Dutch edition, with 4 new plates, by a member of the crew Fr.J. van der Heiden. "Shipwreck on a desert island, hunger, and cannibalism are the themes of Franz Janszoon van der Heiden's tale describing the shipwreck of a VOC yacht off the coast of Bengal. According to van der Heiden the Schelling was bound for Bengal from Batavia in October, 1661, when it ran aground during a storm and began to break up. Some of its crew escaped to a desert island where they struggled to stay alive for some time before building a rude raft with which they sailed to the mainland. Once on the mainland they were taken to a Mughal army camp and impressed into service. There is a brief description of the army and of the war they were fighting. Van der Heiden's tale may well be fictitious". Ill. with an engr. front. and 12 engr. pl. of which 7 signed by D. Bosboom. Gothic type.
Ref. Muller 845. - Tiele 462 (note). - Cp Landwehr (VOC) 422-424 (other ed.). - Not in STCN, Mateboer (has 3 ed. 1722-1746).