| Voyage of John Huyghen Van Linschoten to the East Indies: The First Book, Containing His Description of the East Contributor(s): Linschoten, John Huyghen Van (Author), Burnell, Arthur Coke (Editor), Phillip, William (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1108010849 ISBN-13: 9781108010849 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $46.54 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - Southeast Asia - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
| Dewey: 959 |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Hakluyt First |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.02 lbs) 366 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southeast Asian - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India. This account of the East Indian travels of John Huyghen van Linschoten, originally published in the Netherlands in 1596 and translated into English in 1598, was published by the society in 1885 using an edited version of the early translation, supplemented with explanatory notes. It provides a rich source of information about Portuguese trade with the East Indies, as well as descriptions of the fauna, flora and indigenous peoples of the regions he visited, from the Azores and St Helena to Java and Sumatra. |