A number of views of the island of Ascencion

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A number of views of the island of Ascencion

Linschoten, Jan Huygen van / Doetechum, Joannes / Baptista à / van / Hoogerbeets, Pieter / Claesz, Cornelis

A number of views of the island of Ascencion.

Vera effigies et delineatio Insulae, Ascenscio nuncupatae, sitae in altitudine 8 graduum, ad austrum lineae aequinoctialis. / Waerachtige affbeeldingh en verthooninghe vant Eylant Asçençion ofte Hemelvaert gelegen op 8. graeden aen zuyt zyde vande linea Equinoctial.

Doctissimo Dno Bernaldo Palludano Enchu: sanae Reipub. Medico pertissimo, Dno et amico su singulari Ioanes Hugonis a Linschoten D.D..

Nullius mihi terra ferax atque indiga potus Piscaty dives littus et aucupio: Tota rubore satur medijs atollor in Undis, Qua videt astrinum torrida zona polum. P Hooger [monogram].

Flying fish and big birds are depicted between the first and second views.

Each view is accompanied by an inscription underneath indicating from which direction the island is being viewed.

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Creator

Linschoten, Jan Huygen van (copied after)

Doetechum, Joannes / Baptista à / van (engraver / etcher)

Hoogerbeets, Pieter (writer)

Claesz, Cornelis (publisher)

Period

ca. 1596

Material

paper

Technique

coloured engraving

Kind

print

Dimension

35 x 27,5 cm35 x 27,5 cm

Number

1702 B 4 deel I, na p. 142

Owner

Koninklijke Bibliotheek

Tags

survey / view, flora, compass / dial, fauna, ship / vessel, banderole / cartouche / ornamentation

Inscription

Vera effigies et delineatio Insulae, Ascenscio nuncupatae, sitae in altitudine 8 graduum, ad austrum lineae aequinoctialis. / Waerachtige affbeeldingh en verthooninghe vant Eylant Asçençion ofte Hemelvaert gelegen op 8. graeden aen zuyt zyde vande linea Equinoctial

Sources and literature

Linschoten, Jan Huygen van, Itinerario, voyage ofte schipvaert van Jan H. van van Linschoten: naer Oost ofte Portugaels Indien (1596)