Petits Voyages

The Petits Voyages:

The Petits Voyages contains 12 parts, plus the appendix Congo. It contains voyages related to Asia and Africa.

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

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

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