Itinerary: Voyage to the East or Portuguese Indies

A large, ornate, oval-shaped illustration features a central maritime scene. In the foreground, a large three-masted sailing ship with full sails and elaborate decoration on its stern sails towards the viewer's right. Several smaller ships, including galleons and single-masted vessels with lateen sails, are visible in the background under a partly cloudy sky with a stylized sun. The entire central image is surrounded by a decorative strapwork border featuring flourishes, fruit, and putti-like faces (cherubs). At the four corners of this border are smaller, circular cartouches, each depicting a European cityscape with ships in the foreground. These cities are labeled: Antwerp (top left), Amsterdam (top right), Middelburg (bottom left), and Enkhuizen (bottom right). The engraver's signature "Cornely sc" (Cornelis Boel) is visible at the bottom center of the main image.

ITINERARY.

original: "Itinerario," a Latin term for a travel account or route map.

Voyage or Navigation / of Jan Huygen van Linschoten to the East or Portuguese Indies

Containing a brief description of those lands and sea-coasts, with an indication of all the most famous principal harbors, rivers, capes, and places discovered and known by the Portuguese to this day: To which are added not only the portraits original: "Contreffeytsels," referring here to lifelike illustrations or engravings of the habits, clothing, and manners of those same people—both of the Portuguese residing there and of the native Indians—along with their temples, idols, and houses, with the most notable trees, fruits, beasts, birds, and similar matters; as well as the manners of the same people, both in their religious services and in their government original: "Politie," meaning civil administration or social order and household management: but also a brief account of the trade and commerce, how and where it is conducted and found, with the most memorable histories that occurred during the time of his residence there.

All described and collected by the same [author], very useful, profitable, and also most entertaining for all curious people and lovers of novelties.

The original date is printed in an older Roman numeral style: CIO. IO. XCVI.