René Auguste Constantin de Renneville

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René Auguste Constantin de Renneville made a French reissue of the account of early Dutch voyages first published in 1608 by Commelin. The French translation was carried out by René Augustin Constantin de Renneville, and the work was entitled Recueil des voiages qui ont servi à l'établissement & aux progrès de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales formée dans les Provinces-Unies des Païs-Bas. . ..

Several editions were printed :

Amsterdam, 1702-1706
in 5 volumes.
London: Printed for W. Freeman 1703
Constantin de Renneville: A collection of voyages undertaken by the Dutch East-India Company for the improvement of trade and navigation, containing an account of several attempts to find out the North-East Passage, and their discoveries in the East-Indies, and the South Seas, together with a historical introduction, giving an account of the rise, establishment and progress of that great body. Translated into English and Illustrated with several Charts. (London: Printed for W. Freeman 1703)

Amsterdam, F. Bernard, 1725
Recueil Des Voiages qui ont servi à L'établissement et aux progrès de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales, formée dans les Provinces-Unies des Païs-Bas.

Rouen. 1725-1726
in 10 volumes.

Amsterdam, Etienne Roger. 1726
Recueil Des Voiages qui ont servi à L'établissement et aux progrès de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales, formée dans les Provinces-Unies des Païs-Bas.

Amsterdam, Isaac Rey, 1754
Recueil Des Voiages qui ont servi à L'établissement et aux progrès de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales, formée dans les Provinces-Unies des Païs-Bas.