Voyage of John Huyghen van Linschoten to the East Indies
The First Book, Containing his Description of the East

This two-volume account (edited in 1885 from a 1598 translation) describes Linschoten's travels to the Indian Ocean and back.

John Huyghen van Linschoten (Author), Arthur Coke Burnell (Edited by), William Phillip (Translated by)

9781108010849, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 31 August 2010

366 pages, 1 b/w illus.
21.6 x 14 x 2.1 cm, 0.47 kg

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 The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India.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.

Prefatory note
Introduction
1. The author's desire to travel
2. The beginning of my voyage into the East of Portingall Indies
3. The manner and order used in the ships in their Indian voyages
4. The description of Mossambique
5. The description of the coast of Arabia felix, or the red Sea, to the iland and fortress of Ormus
6. Of the iland and towne of Ormus
7. Of the coast of Ormus, to the towne and iland named Diu
8. Of the towne, fortresse and island of Diu
9. Of the kingdome and land of Cambaia
10. Of the coast of India
11. Of the coast of India, that is from Goa to the Cape de Comoriin
12. The description of the kings, the division of the land and coast of Malabar
13. Of the islands called Maldyva
14. Of the iland of Seylon
15. Of the coast of Choramandel
16. Of the kingdom of Bengalen, and the river Ganges
17. Of the coasts and lands of Aracan, Pegu and Sian
18. Of the towne and fort of Malacca
19. Of the iland of Sumatra
20. Of the iland of Java Major
21. Of the ilands of Maluco
22. From the Cape Singapura to the towne of Sian
23. Of the great fruitfull kingdom of China
24. Of the provinces, townes, and other things in the kingdome of China
25. Of the town and iland of Machau
26. Of the iland of Japan
27. A short relation of the land lying behind Goa
28. Of the towne and iland of Goa
29. Of the customs of the Portingales, and such as are issued from them
30. Of the Portingalles and Mestiços
31. Of the maner and customes of Portingale and Mestiços women in India
32. Of the viceroy of Portingall
33. Of the heathens, Indians, and other strangers dwelling in Goa
34. Of the times of the yeare in India
35. Of the money, waight and measure of India and Goa
36. Of the Indians called Bramenes
37. Of the Gusurates and Banianes of Cambaia
38. Of the Canaras and Decanijns
39. Of the Canarijns and Corumbijns of India
40. Of the Arabians and Abexiins dwelling in India
41. Of the black people of Mosambique
42. Of the Malabares and Nayros in India
43. Of the Moores and Jews in India
44. Of the pagodes and Indian idols
45. Of all the kinds of beastes, cattell, and foules in India.

Subject Areas: Asian history [HBJF]