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1.
Atlas japannensis: being remarkable addresses by way of embassy from the East-India company of the

Creator:
Montanus, Arnoldus, 1625?-1683
Published / Created:
1670
Call Number:
Folio 418
Image Count:
585
Resource Type:
Books, Journals & Pamphlets
Description:
Title in red and black; added t.-p., engr.; side-notes. and Translation of Gedenkwaerdige gesantschappen der Oost-Indische maatschappy ... aan de kaisaren van Japan.
Publisher:
Printed by T. Johnson for the author,
Subject (Geographic):
Japan--Description and travel and Japan--Description and travel--Early works to 1800
Subject (Name):
Ogilby, John, 1600-1676
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Atlas japannensis: being remarkable addresses by way of embassy from the East-India company of the United Provinces, to the emperor of Japan. Containing a description of their several territories, cities, temples, and fortresses; their religions, laws and customs; their prodigious wealth, and gorgeous habits; the nature of their soil, plants, beasts, hills, rivers, and fountains. With the character of the ancient and modern Japanners. Collected out of their several writings and journals by Arnoldvs Montanvs. English'd, and adorn'd with above a hundred several sculptures, by John Ogilby, esq. ...

2.
The history of Japan, giving an account of the ancient and present state and government of that

Creator:
Kaempfer, Engelbert, 1651-1716
Scheuchzer, John Gaspar, 1702-1729
Published / Created:
1727
Call Number:
DS808 K3413+ Oversize
Image Count:
1
Description:
Imperfect: pl. XXIX wanting., Paged continuously., and Vol. 1 has added t.-p.: Historia Imperii japonici ... Londini, MDCCXXVII.
Publisher:
The translator,
Subject (Geographic):
Japan--Description and travel, Japan--Description and travel--Early works to 1800, and Japan--History--To 1868
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The history of Japan, giving an account of the ancient and present state and government of that empire; of its temples, palaces, castles and other buildings; of its metals, minerals, trees, plants, animals, birds and fishes; of the chronology and succession of the emperors, ecclesiastical and secular; of the original descent, relgions, customs, and manufactures of the natives, and of their trade and commerce with the Dutch and Chinese. Together with a description of the kingdom of Siam. Written in High-Dutch by Engelbertus Kaempfer ... and translated from his original manuscript, never before printed, by J.G. Scheuchzer ... With the life of the author, and an introduction ...

3.
The history of trauayle in the VVest and East Indies, and other countreys lying eyther way

Creator:
Anghiera, Pietro Martire d’, 1457-1526
Eden, Richard, 1521?-1576
Fernandez Oviedo y Valdés, Gonzalo de, 1478-1557
Gastaldi, Giacomo, ca. 1500-ca. 1565
Jugge, Richard, ca. 1514-1577
Münster, Sebastian, 1489-1552
Willes, Richard, fl. 1558-1573
Published / Created:
1577
Call Number:
Eca 555Eb
Image Count:
17
Alternative Title:
History of travayle in the West and East Indies, and other countreys lying eyther way, towardes the fruitfull and ryche Moluccaes
Description:
Eden's "Decades of the newe worlde," 1555, (ascribed to Pietro Martire) rearranged, some parts omitted, and a number of translations added. Described by ESTC as "A translation, with some omissions, of decades 1-3 of "De orbe novo" by Pietro Martire d'Anghiera; with additions from numerous other sources edited by Eden and Willes"., Imperfect: title page mutilated and repaired with no loss of text but with partial loss of manuscript presentation inscription: Given to the plantation of [blank] by S.G. [blank]. Additional manuscript notes and manuscript date: May 2, 1609. First and second leaves also repaired but with no loss of text., Numerous errors in foliation., Signatures: (.)⁴ [fleuron]⁶ A-B⁴ C-3O⁸., With six final errata and contents leaves., and Woodcut diagrams and historiated and floriated initials throughout text.
Publisher:
By Rychard Iugge,
Subject (Geographic):
America--Discovery and exploration--Early works to 1800, America--Early accounts to 1600, China--Description and travel--Early works to 1800, Guinea--Description and travel--Early works to 1800, Iran--Description and travel--Early works to 1800, Japan--Description and travel--Early works to 1800, Russia--Description and travel--Early works to 1800, and Scandinavia--Description and travel--Early works to 1800
Subject (Name):
Frobisher, Martin,--Sir,--ca. 1535-1594 and Jenkinson, Anthony,--d. 1611
Subject (Topic):
Chron.--1577 (BAC RB), Indians--Early works to 1800, Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800, and Woodcut--Specimens--1577 (BAC RB)
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The history of trauayle in the VVest and East Indies, and other countreys lying eyther way, towardes the fruitfull and ryche Moluccaes : As Moscouia, Persia, Arabia, Syria, Ægypte, Ethiopia, Guinea, China in Cathayo, and Giapan : vvith a discourse of the Northwest passage / Gathered in parte, and done into Englyshe by Richarde Eden. Newly set in order, augmented, and finished by Richarde VVilles.