[Maritime history] De Bry, Th. Tertia pars Indiae Orientalis

Qua continententur I. Secuna pars navigationum à Ioanne Hugone Linschotano Hollando in Orientem susceptarum; (...) II. Navigatio Hollandorum in insulas Orientales, Iavan & Sumatram (...) III. Tres navigationes Hollandorum in modò dictam Indiam per Septentrionalem seu glacialem Oceanum, (...). Frankfurt, Matthaeus Beckerus, 1601. (4),170,(2) p. Engr. title-p. and 52 (of 58) engraved plates, incl. maps, plans and views, lacking plates numb. 36, 37, 40, 43, 44 and 58; plates 1 and 8 replaced by copies from other contemp. editions. Disbound copy, in modern clamshell box. Folio. Pages sl. browned, a few lvs with sl. marginal waterstaining.

This is the fourth part of Grands Voyages series. The volume contains the second part of Linschoten's account of Cornelis de Houtman's voyage to the East Indies, as well as an account of the three 'Arctic voyages (Noordreizen) by Willem Barentsz. Considered one of the most remarkable collections of voyages published in the Age of Discovery.