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Credit: Sales catalogue 521: Maggs Bros. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Relagam—continued. Portuguese; King John of Dongo being positively brazen in his defiance of the Governor of Angola, Francisco de Tavora. There were many difficulties to over- come during this punitive campaign, not the least being the astounding staying power of the natives and the natural conditions which provided plentiful susten- ance, as well as other advantages. This Francisco de Tavora was a predecessor and member of the same family as his ill-fated namesake who was a Viceroy of India and eventually tortured to death on a charge of high treason. 1672 A.D. [512] ROUGEMONT (P. Francisco). Soc. Jesu. Relagam do Estado Politico e Espiritual do Imperio da China, pellos annos de 1659 até o de 1666. Small ato, original calf, gilt. Lisbon, Joam da Costa, 1672. £6 6s. 1672 A.D. [513] BALDAEUS (Philippus). Naauwkeurige beschryvinge van Malabar en Choromandel, der zelver aangrenzende Ryken, en het machtige eyland Ceylon. 7 With finely engraved frontispiece, portrait, and numerous plates and maps and illustrations in the text. Folio, original calf. Amsterdam, 1672. £4 Ios. 1673 A.D. [514] Relation of the Re-taking of the Island of Sta Helena, and Three Dutch East-India Ships. Small 4to, 4 pp., half calf, gilt, g.e., by Riviere, Edinburgh, Andrew Anderson, 1673. £6 6s. The East-India Company had settled St. Helena in 1660, but soon after the outbreak of war with Holland in 1672 the Island was captured by the Dutch, only to be retaken by Capt. Richard Munden in the ‘‘ Assistance,’’ with three other vessels, the ‘‘ Castle’’ Fireship, the ‘‘ William and Thomas,”’ and the ‘‘ Mary and Martha,’ in May, 1673, whilst convoying the outward bound East-India fleet. Three Dutch East-Indiamen, which called at the island, were also captured. 1673 A.D. [515] VARENIUS (B.). Descriptio Regni Japoniae et Siam. Small 8vo, polished calf, gilt, g.e. Cambridge, John Hayes, 1673. £3 15%. The first part contains a general description of Japan, and reviews its products, climate, minerals, commerce, war, finance, manners, and customs, etc. The second part is a translation from the Dutch of Schouten, and contains a general account of Siam. The third part is an account of the Religions of the Japanese, their gods and Priests, and the Introduction of Christianity.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31663862_0010.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
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