Constitutes the tenth 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 first Latin edition of part ten of the Small voyages by Church.

This part contains four short chapters as follows: (1) An extract giving an account of the discovery of Hudson's Bay. (2) A short account of the two voyages made to the north by Jan Huygen van Linschoten; taken from the Latin edition of his voyages, published in 1599. (3) An account of de Quir's voyage and discovery of the new continent, "Terra australis imcognita". (4 and 5) Extracts relative to the Samoiedes and other peoples of the north; with a description of Siberia by Isaac Massa. All of these, but the chapter devoted to Linschoten's voyages, were translated from the collection of Hessel Gerritsz, by Gothard Artus. Cf. Church.

Largely a reprint of the author's: Descriptio ac delineatio geographica detectonis freti; sive Transitus ad occasum, supra terras Americanas, in Chinam atque Japonem ducturi, recens investigati ab M. Henrico Hudsono Anglo / compiled and edited by Hessel Gerritsz, first printed in Amsterdam, 1612.

"Compendiosa et svccincta insvlarum locorvmqve aliorvm, ab Hollandis qvondam in navigationibus istis septentrionalibus frequentatorum, ex Iohannis Hugonis Lintschottani nauigationibus desumpta commemoratio", p. 11-12, is excepted from" Navigatio ac itinerarium Iohannis Hugonis Linscotani in Orientalem sive Lusitanorum India / by Jan Huygen van Linschoten, printed in The Hague, 1599, which is a translation of selections into Latin of the author's: Itinerario, voyage ofte schipvaert van Jan Huygen van Linschoten naer Oost ofte Portugaels Indien, printed in Amsterdam, 1596.

"Icones, seu tabvlae chorographicae, sitvm et qvalitatem regionvm, qvarvm in explicata hactenus descriptione mentio facta est, ad viuum repraesentantes, in aes pvlcherrime incisae in qve lucem datae à Iohanne-Theodorico de Bry", p. [1-2], 2nd count, has separate title page with imprint: Francofvrti, typis viduae Matthiae Beckeri. M. DC. XIII. [1613]

Signatures: A-D⁴ (A1, A4 versos blank) a1 (a1 verso blank)

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

Contains 9 leaves of plates, which include three double maps and plates which are numbered I-III, of which I and II have descriptive text on recto, and are signed [a]2-4 [three double maps are not signed], following p. [1-2], 2nd count.

John Carter Brown Library copy 1 has been trimmed down to 30 cm. in height.

Church, E.D. Discovery, 222.

JCB Lib. cat., pre-1675, I: p. 441-442.

Alden, J.E. European Americana, 613/66.

John Carter Brown Library copy 1 (J De Bry SV pt. 8 1607 1 Lat cop. 1) bound as 3rd item of 3 with: Indiae Orientalis pars octava: Navigationes qvinqve, primam, à Iacobo Neccio, ab anno 1600. vsque ad annum 1603. Secundam, à Iohanne Hermanno de Bree, ab anno 1602. vsq[ue], ad annum 1604. Tertiam, à Cornelio Nicolai, annis quatuor. Quartam, à Cornelio de Vena, duobus annis. Quintam, sub Stephano de Hagen tribus annis, in Indiam Orientalem susceptas & peractas continens. Locorum, regnum, populorum, rituuḿque variorum descriptione, victoriarum item à Lusitanis reportatarum, & Araboinae, Tidoriśque expugnationis commemoratione addita / by Jacob van Neck and other, Frankfurt am Main, 1607, which is the first Latin edition of part 8 of De Bry's Small voyages, and Indiae Orientalis pars IX. Historicam descriptionem navigationes ab Hollandis & Selandis in Indiam Orientalem, sub imperio Petri-Guilielmi Verhuffi, cum novem maiorem & quatuor minorum navium classe, annis 1607. 1608. & 1609. suscepta & peracta, & continens / by Johann Verken, Frankfurt am Main, 1612, which is the first Latin edition of part 9 of De Bry's Small voyages.

John Carter Brown Library copy 1 has three double maps bound before plates I-III following p. [1-2], 2nd count.

Provenance of the John Carter Brown Library copy 1: Rhode Island Historical Society: book stamp on recto of second front flyleaf and pink book stamp on title page.

John Carter Brown Library copy 2 (J De Bry SV pt. 10 1613 1 Lat) bound alone.