Itinerary: Voyage to the East or Portuguese Indies

Extract from the Register of the resolutions of my Lords the

States General of the United Netherlands.

Upon the Request of Jan Huygen van Linschoten, the same has been granted a Patent original: "Octroy," a formal privilege or exclusive right granted by a government, serving as an early form of copyright., to alone print, sell, and distribute within the United Provinces, for the period of the next ten years, two Books. The first titled, in the first part, Itinerary or Travel-book of Jan Huyghen van Linschoten, to the East or Portuguese Indies, Containing a brief description of those same lands and sea-coasts, with an indication of all the most famous and principal harbors, rivers, capes original: "hoecken," literally 'corners,' referring to headlands or points of land, and places discovered and known by the Portuguese until now, etc. The second part, a summary account of all the domains, rents, and all incomes of the King of Spain, etc. And the third part, containing many different Indian navigations original: "Navigatie," here referring to sailing routes, charts, or maritime instructions to Goa, Cochin, Bengal, Pegu, Malacca, Siam, etc. And the second Book, Natural and Moral History of the West Indies, in which are recounted the most notable things of the heavens and elements, metals, plants, and animals thereof, and the ceremonies, laws, governments, and wars of the Indians, composed by Joseph de Acosta José de Acosta (1540–1600) was a Spanish Jesuit missionary and naturalist; Linschoten translated his work into Dutch., etc. Prohibiting This refers to the legal prohibition against others pirating or reprinting the work without permission., etc., provided that a copy shall be given of the present work.

Cornelis Aerssens (1545–1627) served as the Greffier, or Secretary, to the States General of the Netherlands.