The voyage of the Batavia

By François Pelsaert ; reissued with a translation from the original Dutch and a commentary by Martin Terry. Sydney : Hordern House Rare Books for the Australian National Maritime Museum, 1994. Octavo, quarter green Scottish calf over marbled papered boards (edges lightly rubbed), title label to spine, pp. xxiii, 161, folding plates, a couple of spots of foxing, a very good copy. Australian maritime series ; no. 2. Printed in an edition of 750 copies.

Facsimile of Pelsaert’s Ongeluckige voyagie, van ‘t schip Batavia, nae de Oost-Indien. Amsterdam : Jan Jansz, 1647, considered the first book on Australia.