AGSL GeoDiscovery

Mr. John Nieuhoff's remarkable voyages & travells into ye best provinces of ye West and East Indies

Alternative Title:

Voyages and travels, into Brasil, and the East-Indies : containing an exact description of the Dutch Brasil, and divers parts of the East-Indies; their provinces, cities, living creatures, and products: the manners, customs, habits, and religion of the inhabitants: with a most particular account of all the remarkable passages that happened during the author's stay of nine years in Brasil; especially, in relation to the revolt of the Portugueses, and the Intestine War carried on there from 1640 to 1649; as also, a most ample description of the most famous city of Batavia, in the East Indies ; Vol. II and Brazil and the East Indies, Nieuhoff

Description:

English edition of Gedenkwaardige Brasiliaense Zee en Landt-Reize.

Relief shown pictorially.

Latitudinal and longitudinal lines along margins of some maps.

Leather binding.

First 2 and last 2 pages blank (included in page description).

Engraved frontispiece, illustrations throughout, including depictions of figures (e.g. "A souldier of Amboina"), architecture (e.g. "The Church of the Cross of Batavia"), plants and animals (e.g. "Living creatures of Malabar," and extensive catalogue of fish) and portrait of "Mr. Jno. Nieuhoff."

"Adorned with copper plates, done after the life" and "Translated from the Dutch original" on title page.

Introductory text.

Descriptive text accompanies maps.

Decorative banners and cartouches (including explorers, indigenous figures, cherubs), compass roses, rhumb lines, bar scales, indexes, routes.

Maps show topography, vegetation, waterways, shoals, ports.

Illustrations of cities, topography, flora, fauna, ships, figures.

Maps 2, 3, 13, 18 are city plans.

Maps 4-6, 8-10, 12, 14-17, 19 are views; Map 13 is a bird's eye view.

Map 15 shows siege.

Map 1. Brasilia -- Map 2. [Mourice Town] -- Map 3. Olinda -- Map 4. Harbour of St. Vincent -- Map 5. St. Anthony -- Map 6. St. Vincent -- Map 7. A mapp of the Cape of Good Hope with its true situation [inset map: [Wind Mt., Table Mt., and Lyon Mt.]] -- Map 8. The Church Valley -- Map 9. The isle of Amboina -- Map 10. The city of Palembang with its three forts -- Map 11. A map of the coast of Malabar, Madura and Cormendel -- Map 12. St. Thomas on ye coast of Cormandel -- Map 13. The city of Pellacata with its castle -- Map 14. Coylang / Kip -- Map 15. The taking of ye city of Cotchin in Massabar / C. Decker fe. -- Map 16. The Pearle Fishery near Toute Couryn / Kip -- Map 17. Batavia -- Map 18. A mapp of Batavia with all its forts / J. N. -- Map 19. The entrance of ye Harbour of Batavia -- Map 20. A mapp of the islands before Batavia

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/jc752qv8727

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/jc752qv8727

Language:

eng

Publisher:

Churchill, Awnsham, Churchill, John, and printed for Awnsham and John Churchill at the Black Swan in Pater Noster Row,

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Subject:

Discovery and exploration

Date Issued:

1703

Spatial Coverage:

South America, Brazil, East Indies, West Indies, Indonesia, Indian Ocean, Bengal, Bay of, and Sri Lanka

Rights:

Images from the The Renaissance Exploration Collection courtesy Stanford University Libraries. This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. If you have questions, please contact the David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu.

Rights Holder:

This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.

License:

https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

JPEG2000

Georeferenced:

false