Oost ende West-Indische spieghel
Subtitle: waer in beschreven werden de twee laetste navigatien ghedaen inde jaeren 1614, 1615, 1616, 1617 ende 1618
By: de eene door den vermaerden zee-heldt Ioris van Spilbergen door de Strate van Magellanes, ende soo rondt om den gantschen aerdt-cloot, met alle de bataellien soo te water als te lande gheschiet : hier syn mede by ghevoecht tvvee historien, de eene vande Oost ende de andere vande West-Indien, met het ghetal der schepen, forten, soldaten ende gheschut : de andere ghedaen by Iacob Le Maire, de welcke in't zuyden de Straet Magellanes, een nieuwe straet ontdeckt heeft, met de beschrijvinghe aller landen, volcken ende natien : alles verciert met schoone caerten ende figueren hier toe dienstelijck
Publisher: By Andries Janssz van Aelst, Boeckvercooper
Published: 1621
Place of publication: Tot Zutphen [Netherlands]
Language: dut
Number of pages: 192
Subjects: Voyages around the world; Early works to 1800; Description and travel; Discovery and exploration; Dutch; Travel; Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie
Other titles: Niewe Oost ende West Indische Navigatien; Australes Navigatien
Notes: "A fundamentally important record of Dutch circumnavigation, military activity, and trade rivalry in the early 7th century, this narrative was first published in Leyden in 1619 and later published in French and the present Dutch, in 1621. It is appropriate that this volume contains the accounts of both Joris van Spilbergen and Jacob Le Maire's voyages, since the two were intertwined. Van Spilbergen undertook his voyage on behalf of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). Le Maire's father, Isaac, had had a falling out with the VOC in 1605. He outfitted his own vessel for a circumnavigation, captained by his son, Jacob, and by Willem Corneliszoon Schouten, in order to lessen the VOC's trade monopoly. The first part of this volume contains an account of Spilbergen's circumnavigation, while the later part treats the voyage of Le Maire."--Bookseller William Reese Company.

"Of the two voyages, that of Le Maire and Schouten is the more significant. They discovered a new passage to the Pacific south of the Straits of Magellan, sailed around Tierra del Fuego, and named Cape Horn. Sailing to the west, they discovered the islands of the Taumoto Archipelago, the Tonga group, the Solomon Islands, and several islands along the northern coast of New Guinea. These discoveries contributed greatly to the European knowledge of the South Pacific. When Le Maire and Schouten's ship reached Jakarta in late 1616, they were seized by agents of the Dutch East India Company and sailed the rest of the way back to the Netherlands accompanied by Van Spilbergen's fleet. Le Maire died en route. The main contribution of Van Spilbergen's exploration was in the Phillippines and the Ladrone Islands. He also performed important military work for the Dutch government, raiding Spanish shipping and settlements along the coast of South America. Many of the locations he visited and raided are depicted in the woodcuts. Van Spilbergen was apparently impressed with Le Maire and Schouten's achievement, and had the account of their explorations published together with his own voyage. This work went through several printings in many languages."--Bookseller William Reese Company.

"The book contains a wealth of images of the islands and peoples of the South Pacific, including a map of Tierra del Fuego and the "Straits of Le Maire," the "Cocos" Islands (Tafahi), and the "Hoornische" Islands of the Tonga Group. It also includes the important map showing Le Maire and Schouten's route across the Pacific, and maps of the Phillippines. The illlustrations include views of the Straits of Magellan, Acapulco, Lima, and Concepcion."--Bookseller William Reese Company.

"Jacob Le Maire (c. 1585-1616) was a Dutch mariner, the son of a wealthy merchant, Isaac Le Maire, one of the founders of the Dutch East India Company (the VOC). However, in 1605, Isaac left the VOC under acrimonious circumstances, and became determined to create his own rival company. While the VOC had a government monopoly an all trade with Asia transiting via the route around Africa, this monopoly could be legally circumvented if the Asian trade ran via another route. In 1615, Isaac founded the Australian Company, and his first priority was to open a route to the East Indies that traversed the southern tip of the Americas. He placed Jacob in charge of the mission, and outfitted two ships, the Eendracht and the Hoorn. In June 1615, Jacob le Maire’s party left the Netherlands, and in January 1616, they sailed through a strait between Tierra del Fuego and Staten Island (Isla de los Estados), naming the passage the Le Maire Strait. From there, they rounded the extreme southernmost tip of South America, which they named Cape Horn, after the Hoorn (which had since perished in a fire).

(continued) Le Maire’s party then traversed the Pacific Ocean in almost a bee-line, visiting several islands in the Tuamoto and Tonga archipelagos. By July 1616, they reached the north coasts of New Ireland and New Guinea. They finally arrived at Ternate, the VOC headquarters in the Spice Islands on September 12, 1616, where they were well received by the VOC officials, in spite of the purpose of their venture. Unfortunately, upon arriving at Batavia (Jakarta), they encountered the terrifyingly ill-tempered VOC governor, Jan Pieterz Coen, who threw Le Maire and his men in prison and confiscated the Eendracht, claiming that Le Maire was infringing on the VOC’s monopoly. Le Maire was eventually released and was sent on his way back to the Netherlands aboard the ship Amsterdam. Sadly, Le Maire died on ship, but left an account of his voyage, Oost ende West-Indische spieghel ('The Mirror of the East and West Inides'), which was published by his friend Joris Spilbergen (Amsterdam, 1621). Isaac Le Maire successfully sued the VOC for damages, but was not able to capitalize on the new route discovered by his son."--Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc. website (viewed February 10, 2016).

"Australische navigatien ontdeckt door Iacob Le Maire, inde iaeren anno 1615, 1616, 1617": p. 143-192.

"This is the same as the Amsterdam edition of 1621, the title only being changed."--Cf. The Huth Library : a catalogue of printed books, manuscripts, printed letters, and engravings, collected by Henry Huth, with collations and biographical descriptions, volume IV, P-T. London : Ellis and White, 1880.

Borba de Moraes, II:276

Hill, 1619

Alden, J.E. European Americana, 62/118

Tiele-Muller. Mémoire bibliographique sur les journaux des navigateurs néerlandais réimprimés dans les collections de de Bry et de Hulsius, p. 67

Lib. copy pagination errors: pages 29, 67, 73, 134, 163 misnumbered 30, 97, 75, 124, 193.