Constitutes the third part of Theodor de Bry's Small voyages, printed in 13 parts and an Appendix in Frankfurt am Main and Oppenheim from 1597 to 1633.

This work has been identified as the second Latin edition of part three of the Small voyages by Church.

First edition printed in Frankfurt am Main, 1601.

The first part is a translation of selections of: Itinerario, voyage ofte schipvaert, van Ian Huygen van Linschoten naer Oost ofte Portugaels Indien / by Jan Hyugen van Linschoten, first printed Amsterdam, 1596.

"Indica historia, qva Hollandicarvm navivm cvrsvs, svccessvs et acta cvm explicatione religionis, morvm, ritvvm, & habitationis earum gentium, quas Hollandi adierunt: quae item apud easdem numismata, quae aromata, quae commercia vsitatiora sint: & quo insuper pretio singulae merces veneant, accuratè describuntur", p. 41-44 and 47-99, 3rd and 4th counts, is a translation of: Verhael vande reyse by de hollandtsche schepen gedaen naer Oost Indien published by Barent Langenes, Middelburg, 1597. The voyage was made under the command of Cornelis de Houtman.

"Tertia pars navigationes tres discretas, trib. continvis annis per septemtrionem svpra Novegiam, Mvscoviam et Tartariam, freto Weygatz & Noua Zembla detectis, ab Hollandis & Zelandis in Cathay & Chinarum regnum versus Orientem susceptas, describens", p. 100-131, 4th count, is a translation of: Waarachtige beschrijving van drie seylagien, ter werelt noyt soo vreemt ghehoort, drie jaeren achter malcanderen deur de Hollandtsche ende Zeelandtsche schepen by noorden Noorweghen, Moscovia ende Tartaria, na de coninckrijcken van Catthai ende China ..., / by Gerrit de Veer, first printed Amsterdam, 1598.

This part contains (1) chapters 92-99 of Linschoten's voyages, translated by Bilibaldus Strobaeus. (2) The first chapters of an account of a voyage made to the East Indies in 1595-97 under the direction of Cornelius de Houtman. This is a translation of the German edition which the de Brys published in 1598. A Latin edition was printed at Amsterdam in 1598, but this was not used in this translation, which is inferior to it. (3) A journal of three voyages made by the Dutch in 1594-97, in their attempts to reach the East Indies by the north. This relation, written by Gerrit de Veer, was published in Amsterdam in 1598. A translation in Latin by Carolus Clusius Atrebatensis (Charles de l'Ecluse, d'Arras), which was published in the same year, was used, with many omissions, in this part. Cf. Church.

Also contains the first part of Willem Lodewijcksz's Navigatio Hollandorum in insulas Orientales, first printed Amsterdam, 1598, under title D'eerste boeck; Historie van Indien. Includes references to Brazil on p. 57. Cf. Alden.

"Icones: siue, Expressae et artifitiosae delineationes qvarvndam mapparvm, locorvm, maritimorvm, insvlarvm, vrbium, & populorum: quibus & horundem vitae, naturae, morum, habituuḿque descriptio adiuncta est: veluti h[a]ec omnia, in Indica nauigatione versus Orientem suscepta, diligenter obseruata, adeoque tribus hisce Indiae Orientalis descriptae libris inserta sunt. Vbi mappis et iconibvs singvlis breuis quaedam & necessaria explicatio seorsim subdita est. Omnia scita et diligenti indvstria in aes incisa, et ob ocvlos posita à Ioan. Theod. & Ioan. Israele de Bry fratribus & ciuibus Francofurtensibus ad Moenum", p. [2-3], 5th count, has imprint: Francofvrti, Excvdebat Erasmus Kempffer Anno M DC XXIX. [1629]

Signatures: ):(² ():(1 verso blank) A-Q⁴ (D4 jmissigned D3) chi² (chi2 verso blank) a1 (a1 verso blank) ²chi2 (²chi2 verso blank)

Fully engraved and illustrated title page; engraved head and tail pieces; initials.

Contains 11 leaves of plates, of which 2 are double, and 2 double folded and 58 numbered leaves of plates, printed on recto and verso (one of which is a double plate) which are signed a2-d4, e2, f1-h4.

Church, E.D. Discovery, no. 210a.

Alden, J.E. European Americana, 629/86.

JCB Lib. cat., pre-1675, I: p. 426-427.

John Carter Brown Library copy has the map of Nova Zembla printed on the verso of plate 58 following p. [2-3], 5th count.