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The early voyages of foreign admirals and main actions and exploits of Dutch admirals of the East and West India Companies. The second part deals with the actions of the Zeeland admirals, the third and fourth part with those of the States of Holland, i.a. with biographies of De Ruyter and Piet Heyn, the capture of the Silver Fleet, the exploits in Brazil, Stuyvesant's failed negotiations with the colonists of New England. Also very early desriptions of pirates and piracy.

Engravings:
- 1 Frontispice:
- 9 Portraits: 1) Jonker Engel de Ruyter, next to title p.; 2) Christophel Colombo, p. 1; 3) Horusce en Hareaden Barbarossa by I. Lux, p. 88; 4) Jacob van Heemskerck, p. 1, part II; 5) Pieter Heyn, p. 43, part II; 6) Hendrick Loncque, p. 71-II; 7) Marten Tromp, p. 85-II; 8) Jacob van Wassenaer, p. 121-II; 9) Michiel Adriaensz. de Ruyter, p. 172-II;

- 6 Double page: 1) Scene of soldiers leaving a man-of-war, p. 20; 2) Battle at sea, p. 210; 3) Nova Zembla, with six small views, p. 29, part II; 4) Men-of-war at sea are firing at each other, p. 166-II; 5) Firing ships of De Ruyter during the Expedition to Chatham, p. 251-II; 6) Battle of Schoonevelt, p. 271-II;

- 17 Full page: 1) At the court, p. 44; 2) Scene of a shipwreck, p. 78; 3) Barbarossa's Siege by H. Padtbrugge, p. 108; 4) Scene of a surrender, p. 128; 5) Scene of a slaughter, p. 152; 6) Siege of a town by Joannus Austriacus, p. 182; 7) Slaughter by the Turcks in the town of Goletta (Tunesia) in 1574, p. 234; 8) Battle at sea with sinking ship, p. 258; 9) Battle of ships at night with a sinking ship, p. 280; 10) Battle of ships at sea and fighting soldiers on rampart, p. 7, part II; 11) Battle of ships at sea and soldiers fireing canons on the rampart, p. 50, part II; 12) Ships at sea, p. 92-II; 13) The Battle of Salee, p. 278-II; 14) The Battle of Nyburgh (Nyborg) in 1659, p. 184-II; 15) Battle at sea, p. 280-II; 16) Enslaved preachers freed on ship, p. 294-II; 17) De Ruyter near Messina, p. 299-II.