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VOYAGE OF LINSCHOTEM TO THE
EAST INDIES.
VOL I.
No. LXX .
THE VOYAGE
of
JOHN HUYGHEN VAN LINSCHOTEN
to the
EAST INDIES.
FROM THE OLD ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF 1598.
THE FIRST BOOK,
CONTAINING HIS DESCRIPTION OF THE EAST.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
edited
THE FIRST VOLUME BY THE LATE
ARTHUR COKE BURNELL, Ph.D., C.I.E.,
OF THE MADRAS CIVIL SERVICE;
THE SECOND VOLUME
by
Mr. P. A. TIELE,
of utrecht .
VOL. I.
LONDON:
PRINTED FOR THE HAKLUYT SOCIETY.
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London:
Whiting and Co., Limited, Sardinia Street, Lincolns Inn Fields.
COUNCIL
of
THE HAKLUYT SOCIETY.
C OLONEL H. YULE, C.B., P RESIDENT .
M AJOR -G ENERAL , S IR HENRY RAWLINSON, K.C.B., V ICE -P RESIDENT .
W. A. TYSSEN AMHERST, E SQ ., M.P.
WALTER DE GRAY BIRCH, E SQ ., F.S.A.
C APITAIN LINDESAY BRINE, R.N.
E. H. BUNBURY, E SQ .
T HE E ARL OF DUCIE, F.R.S.
S IR BARROW ELLIS, K.C.S.I.
AUGUSTUS W. FRANKS, E SQ .
EDWARD HAILSTONE, E SQ .
V ICE -A DMIRAL S IR ANTHONY H. HOSKINS, K.C.B.
L IEUT -G ENERAL , S IR J. HENRY LEFBOY, C.B., K.C.M.G.
R. H. MAJOR, E SQ ., F.S.A.
R EAR -A DMIRAL MAYNE, C.B.
E. DELMAR MORGAN, E SQ .
A DMIRAL S IR ERASMUS OMMANNEY, C.B., F.R.S.
L ORD ARTHUR RUSSELL, M.P.
T HE L ORD STANLEY OP ALDERLEY.
EDWARD THOMAS, E SQ ., F.R.S.
L IEUL .-G EN . S IR HENRY THUILLIER, C.S.I., F.R.S.
CLEMENTS R. MAEKHAM, C.B., F.R.S., H ONORARY S ECERATARY
Contents.
P REFATORY N OTE BY THE P RESIDENT OF THE S OCIETY .
I NTRODUCTION (by Mr. P. A. Tiele).
Birth of J. H. van Linschoten. He joins his brothers at Seville. In a merchants house at Lisbon. Obtains service with the Archbishop of Goa, and goes to India. Touches at Mozambique, and arrives at Goa. Assists in the release of the Englishmen, Newbury and Fitch, from imprisonment. His desire to travel further east, xxvi; not gratified, xxvii. The Archbishop returns to Europe, leaving Linschoten in employment. The Archbishop dies, and Linschoten leaves India (Jan. 1589); touches at St. Helena; at Ascension, xxviii; and the Azores; where Linschoten remains two years. English naval expeditions, and the story of the death of Sir Richard Grenville. Linschoten goes to Portugal; and thence to the Netherlands, xxix. Licence to publish his Itinerario; account of the first part of the work; and of the interpolations by Ten Broecke or Paludanus. Second Part, of Sea Routes, xxx, and summary of the King of Spains domains and revenues. Third Part, describing the (E. and W. coasts of) Africa, and America, xxxi; the plates illustrating the work; maps and plans, xxxi, xxxii. Schemes for a N.E. passage; Linschoten goes on a voyage in the ship Enkhuizen, xxxiii, xxxiv. His published journal of the voyage; his second voyage, xxxv; the memorable voyage of William Barentsz. Influence of Linschotens Itinerario and Routier on the Dutch enterprise to the East Indies, xxxv, xxxvi. His settlement at Enkhuizen, and his friends there, xxxvii; his translation of Joseph de Acostas Hist, of the West Indies. Project for a West India Company, xxxviii. Linschotens translation of the King of Spains letter on the banishment of the Moriscoes. His application for a pension, xxxix, unsuccessful. His death, 1611. Extensive recognition of the value of his Itinerario. Notes by Mr. Burnell on the style of the book, xl. The old English translation, and its defects.
R EPRINT OF OLD TITLE , p. xliii.
Do. OF E PISTLE D EDICATORIE FROM J OHN W OLFE TO D R . J ULIUS C AESAR , p. xlv.
D O. OF A DDRESS TO THE R EADER , p. xlvii.
THE FIRST BOOK.
CHAPTER I .
The authors desire to travel, and his going to Spain, and thence to Portugal, 1-3; his brothers death of the disease called tavardilha, 4; arrival at Lisbon, 5; occurrences at Lisbon, 6-8.
CHAPTER II .
The beginning of my Voyage into the East or Portingall Indies
D. Vincente de Fonseca appointed Archbishop of Goa, 8; Linschoten is entertained in his service, 9; they sail from Lisbon, 10.
CHAPTER III .
The manner and order used in the ships in their Indian Voyages.
Lading of the ships, 10; payment of the sea officers and crews, 12-14; provision, sight Madeira, the Guinea coast, 15; the flats off Brazil, customary feast on board at Whitsunday, and riotous doings, 17; Cape of Good Hope, 18; and Natal, 19; Cape Correntes, 20; St. Lawrence or Madagascar, Mozambique, 22; suffering from scurvy, 23.
CHAPTER IV .
The description of Mossambique, which lieth under 15. degrees on the South side of the Equinoctiall line uppon the Coast of Melinde, otherwise called Abex or Abexim.
Mozambique, 24; products, such as fat-tailed sheep, Island of Mozambique, 27; Quiloa, the Castle there, Mestios, and natives, 29; Moors of these parts, 30; manner of Portuguese government, Sofala, and Monomotapa, 31; gold produce, 32-33; country of Prester John, 34; Melinde, Comoro Islands, 35; Abex (i.e. Abyssinia, but really Zanzibar coast), 36; Cape Guardafui, Straits of Mecca (i.e. of Babelmandeb), 37; Red Sea, 38; sea-snakes, a sign of approach to Indian coast, 39: arrival at Goa, time, and deaths on the voyage, 40; solemn landing of the Archbishop, 41; departure of the fleet to Malabar.
CHAPTER V .
The description of the Coast of Arabia felix, or the red Sea, to the Iland and fortresse of Ormus.
Aden, 43; Capes Rosalgat and Mussendom, 44; Persian Gulf, Bahrein, 45; Bussora, Ormus.
CHAPTER VI .
Of the Iland and Towne of Ormus.
The island, 46; custom of the kingdom, description of Ormus, and its trade, 47; the caravans from Aleppo to Bussora, 48; the Bedouin robbers, 49; the Turks, and their pigeon-posts, 59; great heat at Ormus, 51; drinking-water, 52; Guinea-worm, 52-53; the captain of Ormus. 53-54.
