Braun on Aden, Casablanca, Tangier, Diu and Goa…. ADEN TRANSLATION OF CARTOUCHE TEXT: Aden, famous centre of trade in Arabia, where merchants meet from India, Ethiopia and Persia. Aden is... More info
...2.000–4.000 men; Dutch, no ships and 100 men. Both admirals, Don Juan Alvarez de Avilla and van Heemskerk, were killed. The battle resulted in a 12-year truce in which the... More info
...1495 and extended in several stages up to 1530. In 1472, through the marriage of Ivan III with the Byzantine Princess Sophia Palaiologos, the niece of the last East Roman... More info
...1495 and extended in several stages up to 1530. In 1472, through the marriage of Ivan III with the Byzantine Princess Sophia Palaiologos, the niece of the last East Roman... More info
...especially as Goa at this time was the commercial and political center for the Portugal Empire in the East. Van Linschoten left Goa for home in January 1589. On the... More info
Peru by Wytfliet Peruani regni descriptio also includes parts of Bolivia, Ecuador and western Brazil outside of Peru. The region was of particular importance to the Spanish government because of... More info
West coast from Alaska to California by Wytfliet “Limes Occidentis Quivira et Anian” The Limes Occidentis Quivira et Anian represents the coastline of present-day Oregon and California rather than Alaska... More info