Frontmatter
Contents
CHAPTER XLVI Of the Elephant
CHAPTER XLVII Of the Abadas or Rhinoceros
CHAPTER XLVIII Of the Fishes and other Beasts in the sea of India
CHAPTER XLIX Of all Fruites, Trees, Plants, and common Hearbs in India, and first of a certain fruit called Ananas
CHAPTER L Of laqua, or laacca
CHAPTER LI Of Mangas
CHAPTER LII Of Cajous
CHAPTER LIII Of Jambos
CHAPTER LIV Of other Fruites in India
CHAPTER LV Of the Indian Figges
CHAPTER LVI Of the Palm Trees, whereon the Indian Nuts called Cocus doe grow
CHAPTER LVII Of the Duryoens, a Fruit of Malacca
CHAPTER LVIII Of the Tree Arbor de Rays, that is, Root Tree; and the Bambus, or Reede of India
CHAPTER LIX Of the Tree called Arbor Triste
CHAPTER LX Of the Bettele Leaves and the fruit Arecca
CHAPTER LXI Of the Herbe Dutroa, and a Plant called Herba Sentida, or the Feeling Hearbe
CHAPTER LXII Of Spices, Drugges, Plants, and Stuffes for Physitions and Apothecaries, that is the common sort, and such as are ordinarily used in India; of their growing, and in what manner and place they grow; and first of Pepper.
CHAPTER LXIII Of Cinamon
CHAPTER LXIV Of Ginger
CHAPTER LXV Of Cloves
CHAPTER LXVI Of Mace, Folie, or Flowers of Nutmegges, and of Nutmegges
CHAPTER LXVII Of Cardamomum
CHAPTER LXVIII Of Lacke, or Hard Wax
CHAPTER LXIX Of Annil or Indigo
CHAPTER LXX Of Amber, Muske, Algallia, or Civet
CHAPTER LXXI Of Benioin
CHAPTER LXXII Of Frankincense and Mirre
CHAPTER LXXIII Of Manna and Rhubarbe
CHAPTER LXXIV Of the Wood called Sanders
CHAPTER LXXV Of Palo de Cobra, or Snakewood
CHAPTER LXXVI Of the Wood Calamba, or Lignum Aloes
CHAPTER LXXVII Of the Root China
CHAPTER LXXVIII Of Amfion, alias Opium
CHAPTER LXXIX Of Bangue
CHAPTER LXXX Of Camphora
CHAPTER LXXXI Of Tamarinio
CHAPTER LXXXII Of Mirabolanes
CHAPTER LXXXIII Of other Spices and Hearbes in India
CHAPTER LXXXIV Of all sorts of Pearles, both great and small, and of Precious Stones, as Diamantes, Rubies, Topaces, Saffires, and other such like stones, called Oriental Stones, and of the Bezers Stone, which is good against Poyson, and such like diseases, and in what manner and place they are found.
CHAPTER LXXXV Of Diamonds
CHAPTER LXXXVI Of Rubies, Espinelles, Granades, Emeralds, and other Precious Stones
CHAPTER LXXXVII Of the Bezar Stones, and other Stones good against Poyson
CHAPTER LXXXVIII A briefe instruction how to know and find out the right Diamantes, Rubies, Emeralds, Pearls, and other Precious Stones, and how to value them by Waight at their right Prices and Values; and first of the Diamant.
CHAPTER LXXXIX Of Rubies
CHAPTER XC Of the Oriental and Old Emeralds, for that those that are found in the Islandes of the Spanish Indies, are not yet tried nor resolved upon whether they shall be fine or not.
CHAPTER XCI Of Oriental Pearles
CHAPTER XCII Of certaine memorable Things, passed in India during my Residence there
CHAPTER XCIII Of my Voyage and Departure from India to Portingale
CHAPTER XCIV A briefe Description of the Iland Saint Helena
CHAPTER XCV Of the Iland called the Ascention
CHAPTER XCVI A briefe Description of the Islands of Canaria
CHAPTER XCVII Of the Description of the Islands of Acores, or the Flemmish Islandes
CHAPTER XCVIII Of the Ilands of Corvo and Flores
CHAPTER XCIX Of certaine notable and memorable accidents that happened during my continuance in Tercera
INDEX I GENERAL

Type: Chapter
Information: Voyage of John Huyghen van Linschoten to the East Indies
The First Book, Containing his Description of the East
, pp. vii - xvi

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511697227 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print publication year: 2010

First published in: 1885

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