Petits Voyages

The Petits Voyages:

The Petits Voyages contains 12 parts, plus the appendix Congo. It contains voyages related to Asia and Africa. Click on the photos for further information and links to available copies

Part 1 - Lopez’s account of the Congo. 1598

Part 1 Appendix - Samuel Braun’s account of the Congo - 1625

Part 2 - Linschoten’s account of his stay in Portuguese Goa and of Asia - 1599

Part 3 - De Veer’s account of the failed search for the Northeast passage and Houtman’s pioneering voyage to open the Spice trade - 1601

Part 4 - Continuation of Linschoten’s account of the flora and fauna of Asia - 1601

Part 5 - Von Neck’s establishment of power on the Spice Island of Bantam - 1601

Part 6 - Pieter de Maree’s account of Guinea - 1604

Part 7 - Spilbergen’s accounts of Sri Lanka and Balbi’s account of Pegu (Burma) - 1606

Part 8 - Five Dutch voyages to the Spice Islands and China - 1607

Part 9 - Willemsz voyage to the Spice Islands to seize them for the Portuguese - 1612

Part 10 - Linschoten’s failed attempt to find the Northeast passage and De Quiros’ account of the Pacific and search for Terra Australis - 1613

Part 11 - Vespucci’s discovery of the New world - 1619

Part 12 - Multiple accounts of the Dutch and English in Asia, including Saris’s account of Japan - 1628