LINSCHOTEN (Jean Hugues van). Histoire de la navigation de I - Lot 108

LINSCHOTEN (Jean Hugues van). Histoire de la navigation de Iean Hugues de Linschot, Hollandois aux Indes Orientales ; [Suivi de] Le grand routier de mer contenant une instruction des routes & cours qu'il convient tenir en la navigation de Indes Orientales ; [Suivi de] Description de l'Amérique et ses parties d'icelle, comme de la Nouvelle France, Floride, des Antilles, Iucaya, Cuba, Iamaics A Amsterdam, J.E. Cloppenburch, 1619. 3 parts in one small folio volume (31 x 20 cm), [3] f. (including title-front), 205 pp., pl. ; [2] f., 181 pp. ; 3 pl., 86 pp., half-fawn speckled basane circa 1900, 5-ribbed spine, fawn title-piece, gilt fleurons, title-frontispice (spine and headbands rubbed, large tear on p. 41 (the large road), foxing on maps and qq. plates; 3 plates and 2 maps lacking). Second edition in French of this important work by Jean Hugues Linschoten (1563-1611), bringing together all knowledge of the East and West Indies at the end of the 16th century. First published in Dutch in 1596 from Spanish and Portuguese documents on navigation and geography, it was used to build vast English and Dutch empires overseas. Attached to the service of Vicente Fonseca, Archbishop of Goa, Linschoten sailed with him to the Indies. During various missions, he gathered a wealth of information on the islands and coasts of the Indian Ocean. This account, annotated by Bernard Paludanus, abounds in details on the geography, customs, production, flora and fauna of the countries visited. It is illustrated with intaglio engravings and maps. Pl. 1, 8, 36 are missing; the copy contains 2 of 5 maps in poor condition, one of which does not correspond to those described in the table. Provenance: handwritten bookplate of a canon dated 1694. (Brunet III, 109; Sabin 41370).