Constitutes the eleventh part, sole issue of the sole Latin edition of Theodor de Bry's Great voyages, printed in fourteen parts, in Latin, German, French, and English, in Frankfurt am Main, Oppenheim, and Hanau from 1590-1644, and the Elenchus, an outline of the thirteen Latin parts, published by Matthias Merian in Frankfurt am Main in 1634.

This work has been identified as the sole issue of part eleven of the sole Latin edition of the Great voyages by Church.

"Ephemeris seu Descriptio itineris a Guilhelmo Schouten Hollando, cive Hornano trium annorum 1615. 1616. 1617. spacio peracti", p. 5-49, 1st count, has separate caption title.

"Seqvvntvr verae vivaeque rerum praecipuarum in hac Guilhelmi Schouten per Australem Oceanum navigatione gestarum imagines, ad unidecimam India Occidentalis partem referendae. Additae svnt vnicviqve figvrae breves descriptiones in gratiam novarum rerum cupidi lectoris in aes accuratè incisae & ob oculos positae studio atque operâ Johann-Theodori de Bry civis ac bibliopolae Oppenhemensis", p. [4-5], 2nd count, has separate dated title page with imprint: Oppenheimii typis Hieronymi Galleri. Anno M DC XIX, and is followed by plates numbered I-IX, printed on recto only, and which are signed a2-4 and b1-6.

"Americae tomi vndecimi appendix. Sev Admirandae navigationis a Georgio Spilbergen, classis Belgicae cvm potestate praefecti, per fretum Magellanicum & mare meridionale, ab anno 1614. vsq[ue] ad annum 1618. inclusiuè peractae, descriptio. Qva novi per Fretvm Magellanicvm et mare meridionale in Indiam Orientalem transitvs, incognitarvm que hactenus terrarum & gentium vt & omnium quae terra mariq[ue] acciderunt & visa sunt memorabilium, explicatio continetur, additis pulcherrimis & nunquam antea visis figuris in aes incisis, auctore M. Gothardo Athvsio Dantiscano", p. [1]-34, 3rd count, has separate dated title page with imprint: Francofvrti, typis Ioannis Hoferi, sumptibus Ioannis-Theodori de Bry. Anno M. DC. XX.

"Seqvvntvr vera vivae qve incognitarvm hactenvs regionvm, insvlarvm et gentivm, praeliorvm item nocte dieqve, terra et mari commisorvm nec non aliarum quae Georgio à Spilbergen occurrere rerum delineationes atq[ue] imagines, nunquam antea visae: additis in novarvm rervm cvpidi lectoris gratiam, luculentis earum descriptionibus, in eos accurate incisae atq[ue] ob oculos positae, studio & opera M. Gothardi Arthvsii Dantiscani", p. [3-4], 4th count, has separate dated title page with imprint: Francofvrti, typis Ioannis Hoferi, sumptibus Ioannis-Theodori de Bry. Anno M. DC. XX, which is followed by plates numbered I-XX, printed on recto only, except for plate II, which is printed on the verso of plate I and the recto of plate II, and which are signed a2-4 through e1-5.

This part contains accounts of two voyages around the world; the first that, by Willem Cornelisz. Schouten, under the direction of Jacob le Maire, made in the years 1615 to 1617; an account of which was first published in Amsterdam in 1618. Many editions were published, a number during this same year. A Latin edition appeared at the same place in 1619. This version of De Bry's differs so materially from it that Tiele is of the opinion that it was taken from an older version. He prefers the Dutch edition as a more exact rendering of the original. The second circumnavigation is that made by Joris van Spilberen, in 1614-1618, an account of which was first published at Leyden in 1619. De Bry's version of this voyage is much abridged. Cf. Church.

Contains plates numbered I-IX bound following p. [4-5], 2nd count, plates numbered I-XX bound following p. [3-4], 4th count, a single sheet map of New Guinea bound between p. 4 and 5, 1st count, a double map of the southern ocean bound between p. 4 and 5, 1st count, and a double map of the East Indies bound between p. [4-5], 3rd count.

Signatures: A-E⁴ (A3 missigned A5) (A1 verso blank) F⁶ (F5 verso, F6 blank) a⁴ (a1 verso blank) b⁶ ²A-²C⁴ (²A1 verso blank) ²D⁶ (²D6 blank) ²a-²d⁶ (²c2 missigned ²b2) (²a1 verso blank) ²e⁶ (²e6 blank)

Engraved printer's vignette with a map of the two hemispheres, and portraits of Ferdinand Magellan, Willem Corneliszoon Schouten, Francis Drake, Olivier van Noort, Thomas Cavendish, and Joris van Spilbergen; the third title page has a vignette showing a fleet under full sail in the middle distance with two seated figures and Neptune at the left and an Indian on the right, the other two title pages have printer's ornaments; engraved head and tail pieces; initials.

Church, E.D. Discovery, 172.

JCB Lib. cat., pre-1675, I: p. 413.

JCB Lib. cat., pre-1675, I: p. 413-414.

Alden, J.E. European Americana, 619/111.

Alden, J.E. European Americana, 620/167.