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Describing the travels of the Dutch noble John Nieuhoff’s travels, this book presents a compilation of the voyages that he sailed on between 1640 and 1670. The main body of this work is his description of Brazil and the coast of southern India where he stayed for 9 years from 1641 to 1650. He describes the native customs, the history of the Portuguese and the Dutch commercial enterprises and the flora and fauna, its spices, its trade with other nations and episodes involving the various European business enterprises there Apart from Brazil, this books describes his travels in Persia, Malabar, Madura, Coromandel, Amboyna, Ceylon, Malacca, Sumatra, Java, Tagowam and parts of China. The book is much illustrated with copper plates of author’s experiences. p This big sized book is a part of a work is an extract from a 6 volume set dedicated to descriptions of various narratives of travels in the medieval and early modern era. This book is an extract from volume 2 in the set of-6 that is entitled 'A collection o