Constitutes the third part of Theodor de Bry's Small voyages, printed in 13 parts and an Appendix in Frankfurt am Main and Oppenheim from 1597 to 1633

This work has been identified as the second issue of the first Latin edition of part three of the Small voyages by Church

Colophon on p. [6], 3rd count, reads: Francofvrti imprimebat Matthaevs Becker svmptibvs Ioan. Theodor. et Ioan. Israel. de Bry, fratrum. Anno M. DCI

There are three issues of the first Latin edition of part 3 listed by Church, all printed by Matthaeus Beckerus in Frankfurt am Main, 1601: the first issue contains a map of Nova Zembla on the verso of plate 58, following p. [3-4], 3rd count; the second edition has the verso of plate 58 blank; the third issue has several plates varying from those in the first issue and the inscriptions on the maps are only in German

The first part is a translation of selections of: Itinerario, voyage ofte schipvaert, van Ian Huygen van Linschoten naer Oost ofte Portugaels Indien / by Jan Hyugen van Linschoten, first printed Amsterdam, 1596

"Indica historia, qva Hollandicarvm navivm cvrsvs, svccessvs et acta cvm explicatione religionis, morvm, ritvvm, et habitationis earum gentium, quas Hollandi adierunt: quae item apud easdem numismata, quae aromata, quae commercia vsitatiora sint: & quo insuper pretio singulae merces veneant, accuratè describuntur", p. 55-128, is a translation of: Verhael vande reyse by de hollandtsche schepen gedaen naer Oost Indien published by Barent Langenes, Middelburg, 1597. The voyage was made under the command of Cornelis de Houtman

"Tertia pars navigationes tres discretas, trib. continvis annis per septentrionem svpra Novegiam, Mvscoviam et Tartariam, freto Weygatz & Noua Zembla detectis, ab Hollandis & Zelandis in Cathay & Chinarum regnum versus Orientem susceptas, describens", p. 129-170, is a translation of: Waarachtige beschrijving van drie seylagien, ter werelt noyt soo vreemt ghehoort, drie jaeren achter malcanderen deur de Hollandtsche ende Zeelandtsche schepen by noorden Noorweghen, Moscovia ende Tartaria, na de coninckrijcken van Catthai ende China ..., / by Gerrit de Veer, first printed Amsterdam, 1598

This part contains (1) chapters 92-99 of Linschoten's voyages, translated by Bilibaldus Strobaeus. (2) The first chapters of an account of a voyage made to the East Indies in 1595-97 under the direction of Cornelius de Houtman. This is a translation of the German edition which the de Brys published in 1598. A Latin edition was printed at Amsterdam in 1598, but this was not used in this translation, which is inferior to it. (3) A journal of three voyages made by the Dutch in 1594-97, in their attempts to reach the East Indies by the north. This relation, written by Gerrit de Veer, was published in Amsterdam in 1598. A translation in Latin by Carolus Clusius Atrebatensis (Charles de l'Ecluse, d'Arras), which was published in the same year, was used, with many omissions, in this part. Cf. Church

Also contains the first part of Willem Lodewijcksz's Navigatio Hollandorum in insulas Orientales, first printed Amsterdam, 1598, under title D'eerste boeck; Historie van Indien. Includes references to Brazil on p. 57. Cf. Alden

"Icones sive Expressae et artifitiosae delineationes qvarvndam mapparvm, locorvm, maritimorvm, insvlarvm, vrbium, & populorum: quibus & horundem vitae, naturae, morum, habituumque descriptio adiuncta est: veluti haec omnia, in Indicâ nauigatione versus Orientem susceptâ, diligenter obseruata, adeóque tribus hisce Indiae Orientalis descriptae libris inserta sunt. Vbi mappis et iconibvs songvlis breuis quaedam & necessaria explicatio seorsim subdita est. Omnia scita et diligenti indvstria in aes incisa, et ob ocvlos posita à Ioan. Theod. & Ioan. Israele de Bry fratribus & ciuibus Francofurtensibus as Moenum", p. [3-4], 3rd count, has imprint: Francofvrti, Excvdebat Matthaevs Becker. Anno M. DCI. [1601]

Signatures: **⁴ (**1 verso, **4 blank) A-X⁴ chi² (chi2 blank) a1 (a1 verso blank) q3

Fully engraved and illustrated title page; engraved head and tail pieces; initials

Contains 10 leaves of plates, 1 of which is folded, 1 double, and 2 double folded (one of which is a double folded map on 2 sheets bound between p. 54 and 55) and 58 numbered leaves of plates (two of which are double plates) which are signed a2-q2

Church, E.D. Discovery

Alden, J.E. European Americana

JCB Lib. cat., pre-1675

John Carter Brown Library copy imperfect: wanting p. [7-8], 1st count, blank leaf; wanting p. [1-2], 3rd count, blank leaf; only plates present are: plate of the Ascension Islands bound to face p. 32, double folded plan of the city of Angra bound between p. 40 and 41, folded illustration of the harbor of St. Helena bound to face p. 130; all 58 numbered plates are present following p. [3-4], 3rd count

John Carter Brown Library copy is the second issue of the first Latin edition where there is no map of Nova Zembla on the verso of plate 58, bound following p. [3-4], 3rd count

Provenance of the John Carter Brown Library copy: Rhode Island Historical Society: book stamp on recto of second front flyleaf and pink book stamp on title page

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