Virgules replaced by commas in title page transcription

Constitutes the first part of Sammlung von sechs und zwanzig Schiffahrten in verschiedene fremde Länder durch Levinus Hulsius und einige Andere, aus dem Holländischen ins Deutsche übersetzt und mit allerhand Anmerrkungen versehen, compiled by Levinus Hulsius, and printed in 26 parts in Nurenberg, Frankfurt am Main, Oppenheim, and Hanau from 1598 to 1663

First edition printed in Nuremberg, in 1598 under title: Kurtze Warhafftige Beschreibung der newen Reyse oder Schiffahrt, so die hollendischen Schiff, in denn Orientalischen Indien; verricht

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. Cf. P.A. Tiele Mémoire bibliographique sur les journaux des navigateurs néerlandais, p. 116, 122

Signatures: A-H⁴ (A1 verso blank) I² (I2 verso blank)

Engraved vignette of a globe on title page; head and tail pieces; initials

Church, E.D. Discovery

JCB Lib. cat., pre-1675

Alden, J.E. European Americana

John Carter Brown Library copy 2 has map (which is folded and bound following title page leaf in copy 1) present as a double leaf of plates

John Carter Brown Library copy 2 imperfect: iron gall ink has bled through onto the blank versos of plates and shows through on rectos

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