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Itinerario. Voyage of J.H. Linschoten
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The inspiration for the title of this travel blog comes from a book published in the year 1590 by Jan Hugen van Linschoten.
Linschoten who travelled by ship, drew exquisite maps with elaborate cartouches, ships in full sail and fabulous sea-monsters. I will be traveling on a Yamaha Scorpio 225 cc.. I will ride on paved roads on one of the most densely populated islands in the world and record my «road» trip with a camera. |
Portrait of Jan Huygen van Linschoten, from the princeps edition of his Itinerario.
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Itinerario is the title of a travel book written by Jan Huyghen van Linschoten (1563 –1611) who was a Dutch merchant, traveller and historian.
Van Linschoten was a curious and energetic traveller: My heart is longing day and night for voyages to faraway lands. (Van Linschoten)
Van Linschoten was a curious and energetic traveller: My heart is longing day and night for voyages to faraway lands. (Van Linschoten)
Linschoten is credited with publishing important information about Asian trade, such as the navigational routes that enabled the passage to the elusive East Indies to be opened to the English and the Dutch. His hugely popular book Itinerario enabled the British East India Company and the Dutch East India to break the 16th century monopoly enjoyed by the Portuguese on trade with the East Indies.
The publication of the Itinerario in 1596 added the missing link to the research into itineraries and trade routes to the
Indonesian Archipelago.
An overseas trading empire was the immediate result.
Indonesian Archipelago.
An overseas trading empire was the immediate result.
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Says Carl Valiquet : |
« Linschoten and I are worlds apart but if all goes as planned my bike and its motor will take me to a place that |