Linschoten and his Itinerario (1595-1597): a revisitation of the illustrations related to the Portuguese empire
Linschoten and his Itinerario (1595-1597): a revisitation of the illustrations related to the Portuguese empire
College of Arts School of Modern Languages and Cultures
Date: Thursday 11 February 2021
Time: 17:00 - 19:00
Venue: Online, via Zoom
Category: Public lectures
Speaker: Onésimo T. Almeida (Brown University)
Website: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/mlc/resschol/clust-centr/smc/activities/seminars_workshops/currentseminars/
Document: Linschoten Event Poster
Jan Huygen Linschoten, born in the Netherlands in 1563, sailed to Goa from Lisbon in 1583. Six years later, he returned to Lisbon but stayed in the Azores for two years. In 1595 he returned to The Netherlands, where he came to publish three volumes of his journal, Itinerario, voyage ofte schipvaert. It includes precious illustrations, including two that will be analyzed in some detail. One of them is of a scene of social life in Goa’s main square. The other is a map of the island of Terceira, Azores. Both illustrations reveal impressive attention to detail, conveying information that otherwise would not have reached us since it is not included in the author’s narrative.
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