Indiae Orientalis pars septima; Nauigationes duas, primam, trium annorum, à Georgio Spilbergio, trium nauium praefecto, Ann. 1601. ex Selandia in Indiam Orientalem susceptam: : alteram, novem annorum, à Casparo Balby, gemmario Veneto, anno 1579. ex Alepo Babyloniam versus, & inde porro ad regnum Pegu vsque continuatam, continens. Omnium, quae illi quidem ad annum 1604. huic vero ad annum 1588. vsque acciderunt, commemoratione; regnum item, locorum, populorum, tituumqie variorum descriptione addita.

Spilbergen, Joris van, approximately 1568-1620, Arthus, Gotthard, 1568-, Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598, Bry, Johann Israel de, -1611, Bry, Johann Theodor de, 1561-1623, Balbi, Gasparo. Viaggio dell' Indie Orientale. Latin, Rhode Island Historical Society. Library. fmo RIBRL · 1606 · Francofurti : Typis Wolffgangi Richteri. · 9 pictures

This is a 1606 Frankfurt volume, printed by Wolfgang Richter, collecting the voyage accounts of Joris van Spilbergen's Dutch expedition to the East Indies and Gasparo Balbi's overland journey from Aleppo to Pegu, published for Latin-reading armchair travellers and collectors. Its pictures are engraved maps and city views, with a sea chart of compass rays and ships, and a riverside townscape with walled gardens, hills and figures, all in fine line; a designer might borrow the ornamental strapwork headpieces and the crisp hatching of the views.

Spilbergen, Joris van, approximately 1568-1620 · Balbi, Gasparo · Imprint 1606

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