page_title: Jan Huyghen van Linschoten
section_title: The Azores
hierarchical_section_title: Jan Huyghen van Linschoten / The Azores
caption_attribution_description: English: It shows the Terceira Island (Azores) and at the center, the city of Angra (nowadays Angra do Heroísmo) and the Monte Brasil. There are several versions of the drawing, with minor differences. Português: Mostra a ilha Terceira (Açores) e, ao centro, a cidade de Angra (atual Angra do Heroísmo) e o Monte Brasil. Existem diversas versões desta ilustração, com diferenças menores.
context_page_description: Jan Huyghen van Linschoten was a Dutch merchant, trader and historian. An alternative spelling of his second name is Huijgen.
  He travelled extensively along the East Indies' regions under Portuguese influence and served as the archbishop's secretary in Goa between 1583 and 1588. He is credited with publishing in Europe important classified information about Asian trade and navigation that was hidden by the Portuguese. In 1596 he published a book, Itinerario which graphically displayed for the first time in Europe detailed maps of voyages to the East Indies, particularly India. During his stay in Goa, abusing the trust put in him by his employer, Jan Huyghens meticulously copied the top-secret charts page-by-page. Even more crucially, Jan Huyghens provided nautical data like currents, deeps, islands and sandbanks, which was absolutely vital for safe navigation, along with coastal depictions to guide the way. The publication of the navigational routes enabled the passage to the East Indies to be opened to trading by the Dutch, French and the English.
context_section_description: The voyage was interrupted by English piracy which forced a shipwreck. Huyghen spent two years in the Azores. He did not reach Lisbon until 1592, returning to his home city of Enkhuizen.
caption: The island of Terceira, Azores, in a hand-colored engraving in the Itinerario.
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