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Book/Printed Material Iohn Huighen van Linschoten his Discours of voyages into ye Easte & West Indies : deuided into foure bookes. Discours of voyages into ye Easte & West Indies

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Title

  • Iohn Huighen van Linschoten his Discours of voyages into ye Easte & West Indies : deuided into foure bookes.

Other Title

  • Discours of voyages into ye Easte & West Indies

Names

  • Linschoten, Jan Huygen van, 1563-1611.
  • Phillip, William.
  • Wolfe, John, -1601, printer.
  • Gregory, Richard, 1760 or 1761-1839, former owner.
  • Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Printed at London : By Iohn Wolfe ..., [1598]

Headings

  • -  Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800
  • -  England--London

Notes

  • -  Books 2-4 have special t.p.'s.
  • -  Translated from the Dutch by William Phillip.
  • -  Date of publication from STC.
  • -  Signatures: pi1 A⁴ B-Q⁶ R⁸ *S² S-2A⁶ 2B⁴ 2C⁴ 2D-2P⁶ 2Q⁸(-2Q8).
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  STC (2nd ed.) 15691
  • -  ESTC S111823
  • -  LC copy has inscription on p. 1: Richard Gregory, B.A., Trinity College, Cambridge, 1789.
  • -  Special Files Project; vb59 01-08-2008
  • -  Kislak accession no.: 1964.006.00.0001
  • -  LAC ael 2019-03-26 no edits (3 cards)
  • -  LAC rwp 2019-04-03 review

Medium

  • [10], 197, [4], 198-259 [i.e. 295], [3], 307-462 p., [40] folded leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 30 cm. (fol.)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • DS411.1 .L735
  • DS411.1 .L735 Copy 2 Imperfect: p. 433-434 and all plates wanting, title page inlaid.
  • DS411.1 .L735 Copy 3 Has 41 leaves of plates, including two extra maps (Ascension Island, etc. and Mozambique) and 27 double-page plates, all from the Dutch edition. Provenance: Gift of Jay I. Kislak Foundation.

Repository

  • Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 01007722

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Linschoten, Jan Huygen Van, William Phillip, John Wolfe, Richard Gregory, and Jay I. Kislak Collection. Iohn Huighen van Linschoten his Discours of voyages into ye Easte & West Indies: deuided into foure bookes. [Printed at London: By Iohn Wolfe, 1598] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/01007722/.

APA citation style:

Linschoten, J. H. V., Phillip, W., Wolfe, J., Gregory, R. & Jay I. Kislak Collection. (1598) Iohn Huighen van Linschoten his Discours of voyages into ye Easte & West Indies: deuided into foure bookes. [Printed at London: By Iohn Wolfe] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/01007722/.

MLA citation style:

Linschoten, Jan Huygen Van, et al. Iohn Huighen van Linschoten his Discours of voyages into ye Easte & West Indies: deuided into foure bookes. [Printed at London: By Iohn Wolfe, 1598] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/01007722/>.