"iohn huighen van linschoten, his discours of voyages into ye easte & west indies," title page, engraved by the english engraver william rogers. The elaborately engraved page features depictions of 'the kinge of cochin' (goa, india), as well as the 'kinge of tangil,' modern-day alagoas, brazil, as well as ships and animals. The page is signed " willms rogers ciuis londinensis inuentor et sculptor. " courtesy of the general collection, beinecke rare book and manuscript library, yale university, new haven, connecticut. Date: 1598.
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