Houtman's voyage and Prima pars descriptionis itineris navalis in Indiam Orientalem
Description:
authore G. M. A. W. L. Relief shown pictorially. Leather binding. First 4 and last 4 pages blank (included in page description). Title page includes map of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Introductory and subsequent descriptive text. Engraved head-pieces throughout. Maps and illustrations contain indexes for places and items, respectively. Decorative cartouches, compass roses, rhumb lines, figures, fauna, ships. Maps show bird's eye views of villages, including surrounding topography, vegetation, waterways, ports. Illustrations include figures, fauna, and flora, with descriptive text.
Creator:
Lodewycksz, Willem, active 16th century, Claesz, Cornelis, approximately 1546-1609, and Houtman, Cornelis de, -1599
Publisher:
ex officina Cornelij Nicolaj, typographi ad sybolum diarij, ad aquam,
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