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Navigatio ac itinerarium Iohannis Hugonis Linscotani in orientalem sive Lusitanorum Indiam, descriptiones eiusdem terræ ac tractuum littoralium : præcipiorum portuum, fluminum, capitum, locorumq́ue, lusitanorum, hactenus navigationibus detectorum, signa & notæ ; imagines habitus gestusq́ue Indorum ac Lusitanorum per Indiam viventium, templorum, idolorum, ædium, arborum, fructuum, herbarum, aromatum, &c. ; mores gentium circa sacrificia, politiam ac rem familiaré ; enarratio mercature, quomodo & ubiea exerceatur ; memorabilia gesta suo tempore iis in partiubs ; collecta omnia ac descripta per eundem Belgicè, nunc vero Latinè reddita, in usum commodum ac voluptatem studiosi lectoris novarum memoriaque dignarum rerum, diligenti studio ac operâ

Alternative Title:

Navigatio ac itinerarivm Iohannis Hvgonis Linscotani in orientalem sive Lvsitanorum Indiam, descriptiones eivsdem terræ ac tractvvm littoralivm, Linschotani Navigat Oriental, and Linschoten, Jan Huygen van, 1563-1611. Voyage ofte Shipvaert

Description:

Abridged Latin translation of Itinerario, voyage ofte schipvaert, Amsterdam, Cornelis Claesz, 1596; Latin translation originally published in the Hague, 1599.

Relief shown pictorially.

Includes index: Index seu elenchus itinerarii.

Leather binding.

Gold-leafed seals on front and back covers.

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

Engraved, hand-colored title pages, head-pieces throughout, illustrations of indigenous peoples, flora and fauna (with explanations), portrait of Linschoten.

Title page for second section: Descriptio totius Guinea tractus, Congi, Angolae, et Monomotapae, eorumque locorum, quae e regione C. S. Augustini in Brasilia jacent ; proprietates oceani ; insularumq́ue eiusdem, S. Thomæ, S. Helenæ, Ascensionis &c. portuum, altitudinis, Syrrium, vadorum, ac fundi ; miræ narrationes navigationum Batavorum, cum interioris terræ descriptione ... Accedit noviter historia navigatonum Batavorum in septentrionales oras, Poliqué Arctici tractus, cum Freti Vaygats detectione summâ side relata / Hagæ-Comitis, ex officinâ Alberti Henrici ; anno 1599.

Descriptive text on maps.

Decorative borders and cartouches, compass roses, rhumb lines, bar scales, coats of arms.

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

Illustrations of topography, cities, figures, flora, fauna (e.g. unicorns, Map 2), ships, sea monsters.

Map 1 is a bird's eye view; Maps 3, 4, 5 are views.

Dutch translations of titles on maps.

Map 1. Insulæ et arcis Mocambique descriptio ad fines Melinde ... = Beschrÿuinge des Eiilants en slot Mocambique ... / Joannes à Doetecomus junior fecít -- Map 2. Deliniantur in hac tabula, oræ maritimæ Abexiæ, freti Mecani. al Maris Rubri. Arabiæ, Ormi, Persiæ, Suprà, Sindam usq., Fluminis Indi, Cambaiæ Indiæ & Malabaris, Insulæ, Ceylon, Choromandeliæ, & Orixæ, flumii Gangis, et Regni Bengale. situs item Sinuum, Insularum, Scopulorum, Pulvinorum, Vadorum, prosunditatumq., dic tis oris adjacentium, cum genuinis singulorum locorum Nominibus, prout ab expertißimis navium Gubernatoribus Lusitanicis, indigetătur: magno studio ex optimis tabulis Indicis recognita, omnia atq. emendata = Afbeeldinge der custen van Abex ... -- Map 3. Vera effigies et delineatio Insulæ Sanctæ Helenæ, qua Ortum Occasum, et Septentrionem spectat ... = Waerachtighe affbeeldinghe ende gedaente vont eyland Sancta Helena ... -- Map 4. Vera effigies et delineatio Insulæ, Ascenscio nuncupatiæ ... = Waerachtighe affbeeldinghe en verthooninghe vant Eylant Asçençion ... -- Map 5. Insula D. Helenæ sacra coeli clementia et æquabilitate soli ubertate et aquarum salubritate nulli secunda, sed inhabitata; hic receptus navium ex Or. India redētium. ... = Het Eÿlant van santa Helena ... / Baptista à Doetecum sculp. ; anno 1589 -- Map 6. Exacta & accurata delineatio cùm orarum maritimdrum tùm etiam locorum terrestrium quæ in regionibus China, Cauchinchina, Camboja sive Champa, Syao, Malacca, Arracan & Pegu, unà cum omnium vicinarum insularum descriptione ut sunt Samatra, Java utraq., Timora, Moluccæ, Philippinæ, Luconja & de Lequeos dictæ; nec non insulæ Japan & Corea ... = Waarachtige wtworpinghe ofte afbeeldinge van alle die custen ende landen van China, Cauchinchina, Camboja, Sÿao, Malacca, Arracan ende Pegu ... -- Map 7. Delineatio omnium orarum totius Australis partis Americæ, dictæ Peruvianæ, à R. de la Plata, Brasiliam, Pariam, & Castellam auream, unà cùm omnibus Insulis Antillas dictis, Hispaniolam, item & Cuban comprehendentis, usq. ad promont. floridæ, vulgò, cabo e la florida: Item Isthmi inter Panamam & Nombre de dios, Terræ Peru auriferæ, cum ejus metropoli Cusco, & comodißimo portu Limæ: Orarum etiam Chilæ, freti inter terram Patagonum, & terram del fuego, vulgò Estrecho de Fernando Magallanes : Et omnium portuum, Insularum, scopulorum, pulvinorum, & vadorum, tractusq. ventorum, ex optimis Lusitanicis cartis hydrographicis delineata atq. emendata = Afbeeldinghe van alle de Zee-custen des gheheelen Zuyderschen deels van America ... / Arnoldus Florentius à Langren, auchor & scalpror

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https://purl.stanford.edu/jh359kq7869

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/jh359kq7869

Language:

lat

Creator:

Linschoten, Jan Huygen van

Publisher:

Walschaert, Hans and Veneunt apud Iohannem Walschaert,

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Date Issued:

1614

Spatial Coverage:

Africa, Asia, Middle East, North America, South America, Mozambique, Saudi Arabia, Iran, India, Sri Lanka, China, Cambodia, Japan, Korea, Florida, Caribbean Area, Cuba, Hispaniola, Peru, Chile, and Brazil

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