John Huighen van Linschoten, his Discours of Voyages into ye Easte & West Indies
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Elaborately engraved title page includes depictions of "The Kinge of Cochin" (present-day Goa, India) and "The Kinge of Tangil" (in present-day Alagoas, Brazil), as well as three ships and several animals.
Description:
Depicts coat of arms of King Henry IV (after having been restored by Queen Elizabeth I)., In ink at top right corner: [indecipherable]., The title page is engraved and signed: Willms Rogers ciuis Londinensis inuentor et sculptor., and Yale proprietary stamp on verso in center.
Subject (Name):
Windet, John, d. 1610, printer and Wolfe, John, d. 1601, printer
Subject (Topic):
Voyages and travels --Early works to 1800
Collection Created:
[London] : Printed at London by [John Windet for] Iohn Wolfe, printer to ye Honorable Cittie of London, [1598]
John Huighen van Linschoten, his Discours of Voyages into ye Easte & West Indies
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Elaborately engraved title page includes depictions of "The Kinge of Cochin" (present-day Goa, India) and "The Kinge of Tangil" (in present-day Alagoas, Brazil), as well as three ships and several animals.
Description:
Engraved title page has stains especially notable on verso., In ink at top right corner: [3 initials] Cox., In pencil on verso: Meagher., and The title page is engraved and signed: Willms Rogers ciuis Londinensis inuentor et sculptor.
Subject (Name):
Windet, John, d. 1610, printer and Wolfe, John, d. 1601, printer
Subject (Topic):
Voyages and travels --Early works to 1800
Collection Created:
[London] : Printed at London by [John Windet for] Iohn Wolfe, printer to ye Honorable Cittie of London, [1598]
[Abbas Joachim magnus propheta. : Hec subiecta in hoc continentur libello. Expositio magni prophete
Image Count:
60
Abstract:
A compilation of prophecies by various authors.
Description:
Imperfect: some pages numbers trimmed at top.
Subject (Name):
Cyrillus, of Constantinople, Saint, prior-general of the Carmelites, d. 1235, Isaiah (Biblical prophet), Jean de Paris, 1240?-1306, Joannes Canonicus, fl. 1329, Telesphorus, de Cusentia, fl. 1386, and Ubertino, da Casale, 1259-1330
Collection Created:
[Colophon: Impressum Uenetijs : per Laca[rum] de Soardis,
Jovrnal ou Description dv merveillevx voyage de Gvillavme Schovten, hollandois natif de Hoorn
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Depicts notable explorers of the time as well as two ships, the Victoria and the Eendracht.
Description:
Bound in preceding first page of text., In ink on recto: Olivier van Nort [sic]., and Scale not given.
Subject (Geographic):
Eastern Hemisphere --Maps --Early works to 1800 and Western Hemisphere --Maps --Early works to 1800
Subject (Name):
Cavendish, Thomas, 1560-1592, Drake, Francis, Sir, 1540?-1596, Magalhaes, Fernao de, d. 1521, Noort, Olivier van, 1558 or 9-1627, Schouten, Willem Corneliszoon, d. 1625, and Spilbergen, Joris van, 1568?-1620
Subject (Topic):
Voyages around the world --To 1700
Collection Created:
A Amstredam : Chez Harman Ianson, marchand libraire, demeurant en la VVarmoes-straet, a le Sereine, 1619