J.v. Linchoten [monogram]. Baptista à Doetechum: fecit.
[Amsterdam, 1596.]
Scarce engraving. 255 x 320mm (10 x 12½"), very large margins. Repaired split in lower centre fold.
An illustration of cash crop trees of India, including Coco palms, pepper, areca and fig. Engraved by Baptista van Doetechum for 'Histoire de la navigation de Jean Hugues de Linschot Hollandois', Jan Huygen van Linschoten's account of the East Indies. Known as the ''Itinerio'', this work broke the Portuguese monopoly on the trade routes to the Far East.
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