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Jan Huygen van Linschoten, 1596
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Itinerario Voyage ofte Schipvaert naer Oost ofte Portugaels Indien
Jan Huygen van Linschoten, 1596
LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huygen van (1563-1611). Itinerario Voyage ofte Schipvaert naer Oost ofte Portugaels Indien. Amsterdam: Cornelis Claesz, 1596-1595.
Rare first edition, first issue, of “a treasure of all the learning respecting the East and West Indies and the navigation thither at the end of the 16th century” (Muller). Linschoten's own first-hand knowledge, from his voyages to Goa and to the Arctic with Willem Barents, is here combined with translations of Spanish and Portuguese documents on navigation and geography. It contains the most comprehensive account of the East and West Indies available at the end of the 16th century, but is particularly important for its information about Goa, where Linschoten was able to glean valuable intelligence from the secretive Portuguese colonial apparatus. The third part includes information about the Americas, and the book is illustrated with plates as well as large maps. It served as a direct stimulus to the building of the vast English and Dutch overseas empires. As a navigational aid, it was so highly esteemed that a copy was given to each ship sailing for the Indies, perhaps partially accounting for its rarity. Most often encountered as single maps or small fragments, complete copies very rarely appear at auction. This copy is lacking 6 plates and 2 of the maps, and otherwise collates as the Sabin/NYPL copies. Sabin 41356; Church 252; Muller America 2185.
Three parts in one volume, folio (296 x 193mm). Title page and 3 section titles with engraved vignettes, that to part III with the twin-hemisphere world map by Jodocus Hondius (Shirley 182), full-page engraved portrait of Linschoten, 4 folding maps, 30 double-page or folding plates, mostly of costumes and coastal profiles by Johannes and Baptist van Denteau after Linschoten (lacking 6 plates, mostly dealing with Goa and Lusitania, and 2 folding maps, the world and the Americas; a few headlines just shaved, maps with some closed tears at folds and corners, Guinea map with largest tear, dampstaining affecting a few plates). Modern half morocco over marbled boards. Provenance: effaced inscription on title.
Jan Huygen van Linschoten, 1596
LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huygen van (1563-1611). Itinerario Voyage ofte Schipvaert naer Oost ofte Portugaels Indien. Amsterdam: Cornelis Claesz, 1596-1595.
Rare first edition, first issue, of “a treasure of all the learning respecting the East and West Indies and the navigation thither at the end of the 16th century” (Muller). Linschoten's own first-hand knowledge, from his voyages to Goa and to the Arctic with Willem Barents, is here combined with translations of Spanish and Portuguese documents on navigation and geography. It contains the most comprehensive account of the East and West Indies available at the end of the 16th century, but is particularly important for its information about Goa, where Linschoten was able to glean valuable intelligence from the secretive Portuguese colonial apparatus. The third part includes information about the Americas, and the book is illustrated with plates as well as large maps. It served as a direct stimulus to the building of the vast English and Dutch overseas empires. As a navigational aid, it was so highly esteemed that a copy was given to each ship sailing for the Indies, perhaps partially accounting for its rarity. Most often encountered as single maps or small fragments, complete copies very rarely appear at auction. This copy is lacking 6 plates and 2 of the maps, and otherwise collates as the Sabin/NYPL copies. Sabin 41356; Church 252; Muller America 2185.
Three parts in one volume, folio (296 x 193mm). Title page and 3 section titles with engraved vignettes, that to part III with the twin-hemisphere world map by Jodocus Hondius (Shirley 182), full-page engraved portrait of Linschoten, 4 folding maps, 30 double-page or folding plates, mostly of costumes and coastal profiles by Johannes and Baptist van Denteau after Linschoten (lacking 6 plates, mostly dealing with Goa and Lusitania, and 2 folding maps, the world and the Americas; a few headlines just shaved, maps with some closed tears at folds and corners, Guinea map with largest tear, dampstaining affecting a few plates). Modern half morocco over marbled boards. Provenance: effaced inscription on title.
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