Mr. John Nieuhoff's remarkable voyages & travells into ye best provinces of ye West and East Indies
Abstract/Contents
- Table of contents
- Map 1. Brasilia -- Map 2. [Mourice Town] -- Map 3. Olinda -- Map 4. Harbour of St. Vincent -- Map 5. St. Anthony -- Map 6. St. Vincent -- Map 7. A mapp of the Cape of Good Hope with its true situation [inset map: [Wind Mt., Table Mt., and Lyon Mt.]] -- Map 8. The Church Valley -- Map 9. The isle of Amboina -- Map 10. The city of Palembang with its three forts -- Map 11. A map of the coast of Malabar, Madura and Cormendel -- Map 12. St. Thomas on ye coast of Cormandel -- Map 13. The city of Pellacata with its castle -- Map 14. Coylang / Kip -- Map 15. The taking of ye city of Cotchin in Massabar / C. Decker fe. -- Map 16. The Pearle Fishery near Toute Couryn / Kip -- Map 17. Batavia -- Map 18. A mapp of Batavia with all its forts / J. N. -- Map 19. The entrance of ye Harbour of Batavia -- Map 20. A mapp of the islands before Batavia
Description
| Alternative title | Voyages and travels, into Brasil, and the East-Indies : containing an exact description of the Dutch Brasil, and divers parts of the East-Indies; their provinces, cities, living creatures, and products: the manners, customs, habits, and religion of the inhabitants: with a most particular account of all the remarkable passages that happened during the author's stay of nine years in Brasil; especially, in relation to the revolt of the Portugueses, and the Intestine War carried on there from 1640 to 1649; as also, a most ample description of the most famous city of Batavia, in the East Indies ; Vol. II |
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| Alternative title | Brazil and the East Indies, Nieuhoff |
| Type of resource | cartographic |
| Form | electronic; computer; online resource |
| Extent | 1 atlas ([2] pages, [2] leaves, 369 [i.e. 344], [2] pages, [20] leaves of plates, [26] double leaves of plates, [5] folded leaves of plates) : illustrations, 20 maps, including 13 double (engravings) ; 34 cm |
| Place | England |
| Place | London |
| Publisher | printed for Awnsham and John Churchill at the Black Swan in Pater Noster Row |
| Publication date | 1703; 1703 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
| Map data | Scales differ ; W 82°14'00"--E 163°50'00"/N 14°27'00"--S 56°10'00"). |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Nieuhof, Johannes, 1618-1672 | |
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| Publisher | Churchill, Awnsham, -1728 | |
| Publisher | Churchill, John, active 1690-1714 | |
| Engraver | Kip, Johannes, 1653-1722 | |
| Engraver | Gouwen, Gilliam van der |
Subjects
| Subject | South America > Discovery and exploration > Maps > Early works to 1800 |
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| Subject | Brazil > Maps > Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | East Indies > Maps > Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | West Indies > Maps > Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | Indonesia > Maps > Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | Indian Ocean > Maps > Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | Bengal, Bay of > Maps > Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | Sri Lanka > Maps > Early works to 1800 |
| Genre | Atlas |
| Genre | Cartographic image-cri |
Bibliographic information
| Note | English edition of Gedenkwaardige Brasiliaense Zee en Landt-Reize. |
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| Note | Relief shown pictorially. |
| Note | Latitudinal and longitudinal lines along margins of some maps. |
| Note | Leather binding. |
| Note | First 2 and last 2 pages blank (included in page description). |
| Note | Engraved frontispiece, illustrations throughout, including depictions of figures (e.g. "A souldier of Amboina"), architecture (e.g. "The Church of the Cross of Batavia"), plants and animals (e.g. "Living creatures of Malabar," and extensive catalogue of fish) and portrait of "Mr. Jno. Nieuhoff." |
| Note | "Adorned with copper plates, done after the life" and "Translated from the Dutch original" on title page. |
| Note | Introductory text. |
| Note | Descriptive text accompanies maps. |
| Note | Decorative banners and cartouches (including explorers, indigenous figures, cherubs), compass roses, rhumb lines, bar scales, indexes, routes. |
| Note | Maps show topography, vegetation, waterways, shoals, ports. |
| Note | Illustrations of cities, topography, flora, fauna, ships, figures. |
| Note | Maps 2, 3, 13, 18 are city plans. |
| Note | Maps 4-6, 8-10, 12, 14-17, 19 are views; Map 13 is a bird's eye view. |
| Note | Map 15 shows siege. |
| Local note | This copy has pencil inscriptions inside front cover, including: 7. |
| Local note | Pagination skips pages 157-180. |
| Local note | Page 286 missing page number; 287 misprinted as 286; 288 missing page number, 289 misprinted as 287; 290 as 288, and 2-page discrepancy carries forward. |
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| Location | electronic resource |
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