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PEYSTER, John Watts de (1821–1907). The Dutch at the North Pole and the Dutch in Maine. New York: [Platt & Schram for] the New York Historical Society, 1857.
8vo. Errata slip at end. Original printed yellow wrappers with vignette (light toning at extremities). “The first part relates to the polar exploration of William Barents; the second, to early settlements of the Dutch in Maine and a later conquest by a naval expedition about 1674-1676” (OCLC). A scarce booklet on early Dutch Arctic exploration.