Author: Battel, Andrew
Title: Reys van Andries Battel van Leigh in Essex na Brasilien
Description: 46 pp. Register50 Lacks titlepage, engravings and map. Probably published by Pieter van der Aa, Leiden, 1706. l Battel was born in Essex about 1565. On 20 April 1589 he sailed with Captain Abraham Cocke for Rio de la Plata. After a troublesome voyage they reached the mouth of the river in the autumn, but were forced by hunger and adverse winds to return along the coast of Brazil. Landing at the island of São Sebastião (the site of the present Rio de Janeiro), the crew was separated, and Battel with five companions was carried off by the Indians to the river Janeiro and delivered to the Portuguese. After four months' imprisonment he was transported to Luanda, the Portuguese settlement in Angola. (Catawiki)

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