Neil, You're throwing the cat among the pigeons :-) Expect an early and studied response from Patrice. In addition to that, I'm not sure if 21st century norms could be juxtaposed on the 16th or 17th centuries... when might-is-right, plagiarism, knowledge theft, copyright violations and accessing info through stealth had entirely different connotations. Linschoten's life [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Huyghen_van_Linschoten] was indeed very colourful, no doubt about that. FN
On Wednesday 2 October 2024 at 15:57:08 UTC+5:30 Neil van der Linden wrote: MADE WITH INFORMATION STOLEN FROM THE PORTUGUESE, AMSTERDAM, 1595 A map of Asia, showing Japan, from Jan Huygen van Linschoten's groundbreaking travel book. The maps itself was published in his 'Itinerario' of 1595, a book of such importance that every Dutch ship bound for the Indies was issued a copy. It allowed Dutch merchants to circumvent the Portuguese stranglehold on trade to the East. Title Exacta & accurata delineatio cum orarum maritimdrum tum etjam locorum terrestrium quae in regionibus China, Cauchinchina, Camboja sive Champa, Syao, Malacca, Arracan & Pegu, una cum omninum vicinarum insularum descriptione ut sunt Samatra, Java utraq., Timora, Molucca, Philippina, Luconja & de Lequeos dicta; nec non insulae Japan & Corea. Author LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huyghen van. Publication place Amsterdam. Publication date 1595. Hand-coloured engraved map. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Goa-Research-Net" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/f72ec383-5efe-400f-8afb-79d5ae256cd7n%40googlegroups.com.
