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LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huygen (1536-1611). Histoire de la navigation de Jean Hugues de Linscot Hollandais et de son voyage es Indes Orientales. Amsterdam: Theodore Pierre, 1610. 2° (306 x 206mm). 6 (of 7) engraved plates of which 4 folding and 2 double-page, 58 engraved illustrations of which one double-page. (Lacking the map of Africa, some browning.) Contemporary vellum, manuscript title on spine (lightly bowed, some light staining, lacking ties). Provenance: F.C.? (unidentified monogram on endpaper).
FIRST FRENCH EDITION of this highly influential work containing all the knowledge and learning relating to the East and West Indies at the end of the sixteenth century. Translated from Spanish and Portuguese documents on navigation and geography, 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. Linschoten's own first-hand knowledge came from his voyages to Goa in 1583 and to the Arctic with Willem Barents in 1594 in search of a North East Passage. It was first published with 42 maps and plates in Dutch in 1596 and then in Latin in 1599. Brunet III, 1091; Borba de Moraes, p. 489; Sabin 41369.
FIRST FRENCH EDITION of this highly influential work containing all the knowledge and learning relating to the East and West Indies at the end of the sixteenth century. Translated from Spanish and Portuguese documents on navigation and geography, 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. Linschoten's own first-hand knowledge came from his voyages to Goa in 1583 and to the Arctic with Willem Barents in 1594 in search of a North East Passage. It was first published with 42 maps and plates in Dutch in 1596 and then in Latin in 1599. Brunet III, 1091; Borba de Moraes, p. 489; Sabin 41369.