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at Amsterdam in 1676, as a 4to. volume of XII., 328, 

 253, and 23 pages, with engraved title-page, portrait, and 

 43 copper-plate engravings. Of these illustrations Tiele 

 {Nederlandsche Bibliographie van Land-en Volkenkunde) 

 says : " They were drawn by the author in India, and 

 have more local value than most of the illustrations in books 

 of travels of this period." Of these engravings, two are of local 

 interest, viz., double-page views of " De Stadt Colombe " and 

 " De Stadt Puncto Galle opt Eyland Ceilon," but they are 

 not very accurate representations of those places. This 

 edition is dedicated to the burgomasters of Haarlem, the 

 author's birthplace. The title of the first and second book 

 is " Wouter Schouten's Oost-Indische Voyagie " ; while that 

 of the third and fourth is " Wouter Schouten's Oost-Indische 

 Reys-Beschryving ." The pagination of this second part is 

 also distinct ; and the dates of the various events are given in 

 the margin. The British Museum contains a presentation 

 copy from the author to his daughter, with his autograph. 



The second edition was published at Amsterdam in 1707 

 or 1708. The title of the book was altered to " Wouter 

 Schouten's Reys-Togten naar en door Oost-Indien" and 

 the dedication is by the publisher to Bernard Houtman, a 

 descendant of the famous Dutch navigator Cornelis Houtman. 

 There are some other variations ; but the body of the work 

 is reprinted page for page from the first edition, with the 

 misprints corrected and the spelling here and there altered 

 a little. 



A third edition was published in 1740 (some copies bear 

 the dates 1745 and 1756) at Amsterdam. 



In 1775 (some copies dated 1780) there appeared at 

 Utrecht and Amsterdam a fourth edition in 2 vols., the old 

 spelling being modernised, interpolations or omissions being 

 made in the text, and footnotes being added. In addition 

 to the illustrations this edition has four maps, one of these 

 being of Ceylon. 



A German translation of Schouten's work appeared at 

 Amsterdam in 1676, the author's name being Germanised 

 as Schultze. 



A French translation was published at Amsterdam in 

 1707 in 2 vols., 8vo., with no divisions into chapters in the 

 text, and without the plates, &c, of the original ; but 

 with the addition of a number of plates of various natural 

 curiosities and descriptions thereof. A second edition of this 

 translation appeared at Rouen in 1725 ; and another at 

 Amsterdam, with no date. 



The following translation is made from a "large paper" 

 copy of the first edition in the library of the Ceylon 

 Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. 



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