hacke william (3 Ergebnisse)

1. Original-Stahlstich von Edward Hacker (in der Platte signiert) nach einem der letzten Bildnisse von William Barraud auf rückseitig unbedrucktem Karton, von alter Hand meisterhaft koloriert, im Hintergrund See oder Flusslandschaft mit Spaziergängern und Hunden, bildliche Darstellung ca. 10 x 14,5 cm, Blattgröße ca. 14 x 23 cm, im oberen Rand des Kartons alte Montagereste von einer früheren Rahmung, sauber und sehr gut erhalten one of the last lovely prints of the late William Barraud, masterly engraved by Edward Hacker and beautifully hand coloured, signed and dated 1853 1100 gr.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. One of the classics of British buccaneering literature.  FIRST EDITION, [16],45,[1],1-16,33-100,53,[3]pp., engraved folding world map, 5 folding charts and plans, 1 plate of coastal profiles, contemporary tan calf, 8vo, London: Printed for James Knapton, 1699.  Scarce first edition of this famous collection, one of the important works issued by the publisher Knapton to capitalise on the best-selling account of Dampier's first voyage to the South Seas.  The first three voyages recounted here all deal with English buccaneers in the Pacific, perhaps the most important being that of Cowley, who sailed for many months with Dampier in the early 1680s. Cowley's narrative is accompanied by a fine world map which marks his track across the Pacific to Guam, China and then through the Straits of Sunda and the Cape of Good Hope.The work was prepared by William Hacke, who was himself a buccaneer. Although he is now known chiefly for this compendium, he had made his living selling rutters, manuscript atlases copied from the "derroteros" plundered from Spanish vessels. Hacke's collection brings together the accounts of four voyages which provide important source material, particularly for the history of the buccaneers. Although the voyages of the buccaneers were private enterprise expeditions, they were responsible for considerably extending geographical knowledge: Cowley sailed further south than had previously been done, and named some of the Galapagos Islands. Similarly, Sharpe provides perceptive observations on Panama and the west coast of South America and was the Captain responsible for carrying off a Spanish atlas in 1680, 'from which Hacke made several highly important manuscript atlases' (Hill). The two concluding voyages which make up the collection are those of Wood, who was with Sir John Narborough during his crucial navigation of the Magellan Straits and the straight-talking Roberts, press-ganged onto a corsair in the Levant. The account of Dampier and of his cohort Cowley were fractionally different in the mapping of the Sebald de Weerts (now the Falklands). Hacke claimed to have sailed with many of the buccaneers and pirates and, as a chart maker in Wapping he certainly must have known many of the British pirates. Indeed, it was from Sharpe that he was supplied with the captured Spanish Waggoner atlas from which he made several manuscript copies for presentation to those who could influence the fate of Sharpe, the returned pirate. Of the four narratives contained in this work, two are piratical accounts. The first, Sharpe's own account, here printed for the first time, describes his freebooting cruise in the Pacific, including the attempted sack of New Panama in 1680. There are five other accounts of this cruise (i.e. Wafer, Ringrose, Dick, Dampier, and Cox). The second piratical memoir contained in the above is that of Roberts' account of his adventures with the Greek pirates, his subsequent escape, and his final participation with the Venetian fleet at the battle of Scio. The maps are by Herman Moll, and the world map shows California as an island. Moll collected a lot of new information for his atlases from Hacke, Dampier and other buccaneers. The three unnumbered pages at the end are ads for other books printed by Knapton, including works by Dampier and Wafer, works on commerce and trade, and Latin classics. Hill 741; Sabin 29473; NMM 4:239; Wing H168.

Containing I. Capt. Cowley's voyage round the globe. II. Captain Sharp's journey over the Isthmus of Darien, and expedition into the South seas, written by himself. III. Capt. Wood's voyage thro' the Streights of Magellan. IV. Mr. Roberts's adventures among the corsairs of the Levant; his account of their way of living; description of the Archipelago islands, taking of Scio, &c / Illustrated with several maps and draughts. Published by Capt. William Hacke. London : Printed for James Knapton, at the Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1699. Octavo (200 x 130 mm), early calf rebacked, upper board with faint ownership signature of 'Robert Studden, RN, 1844'; endpapers replaced, front pastedown with bookplate of maritime adventurer Hugh Craggs; title-page with Studden's boldly written signature (also dated 1844); pp. [16], 45, [1 blank], 1-16 and 33-100, 1-53, [3 advertisements]; complete with the folding world map engraved by Herman Moll showing Cowley's track across the Pacific, 5 folding charts and plans, 1 plate of coastal profiles, and 2 woodcuts in the text; light spotting and browning, a very good example. Rare first edition of one of the most celebrated collections of accounts of the exploits of English buccaneers. William Hacke (or Hack) was a London map and chart maker who had sailed with the notorious buccaneer Bartholomew Sharpe on his expedition along the coasts of Spanish South America in 1679-82. Here he presents four buccaneer and pirate accounts: those of Cowley, Sharpe (printed for the first time) and Wood, describing their voyages to the South Seas; and that of Roberts in the Levant and the Aegean. From a geographical standpoint, Cowley's account is perhaps the most significant, as during his voyage he managed to sail further south than any navigator before him. (He was also the first to name several of the islands in the Galapagos, and a folding chart of the archipelago is included in his account). At the rear of the volume are three pages of advertisements for other works printed by Knapton, which include voyage accounts of Dampier and the Central American account of the buccaneer surgeonLionel Wafer. The fact that this particular copy once belonged to English seaman Hugh Craggs means that it has an eerily poetic association with the Galapagos Islands: in 2018, Craggs' message in a bottle dated 1924 made the headlines when it was discovered on Floreana Island in the Galapagos! Wing H168; Hill 741; Sabin 29473.