Thanks I should not have omitted the opiniated comment from the person who shared this on Facebook. It was not my opinion. I will resend it with that comment added. And you are right about not applying our ideas about ‘copyright’. In fact every information and every creation is copied at least to a certain degree.
> On 2 Oct 2024, at 12:48, fredericknoronha <[email protected]> wrote: > > Neil, You're throwing the cat among the pigeons :-) Expect an early and > studied response from Patrice. > In addition to that, I'm not sure if 21st century norms could be juxtaposed > on the 16th or 17th centuries... when might-is-right, plagiarism, knowledge > theft, copyright violations and accessing info through stealth had entirely > different connotations. Linschoten's life > [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Huyghen_van_Linschoten] was indeed very > colourful, no doubt about that. FN > > On Wednesday 2 October 2024 at 15:57:08 UTC+5:30 Neil van der Linden wrote: > MADE WITH INFORMATION STOLEN FROM THE PORTUGUESE, AMSTERDAM, 1595 > > A map of Asia, showing Japan, from Jan Huygen van Linschoten's groundbreaking > travel book. > > The maps itself was published in his 'Itinerario' of 1595, a book of such > importance that every Dutch ship bound for the Indies was issued a copy. It > allowed Dutch merchants to circumvent the Portuguese stranglehold on trade to > the East. > > Title Exacta & accurata delineatio cum orarum maritimdrum tum etjam locorum > terrestrium quae in regionibus China, Cauchinchina, Camboja sive Champa, > Syao, Malacca, Arracan & Pegu, una cum omninum vicinarum insularum > descriptione ut sunt Samatra, Java utraq., Timora, Molucca, Philippina, > Luconja & de Lequeos dicta; nec non insulae Japan & Corea. > > Author LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huyghen van. > > Publication place Amsterdam. > > Publication date 1595. > > Hand-coloured engraved map. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Goa-Research-Net" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/f72ec383-5efe-400f-8afb-79d5ae256cd7n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/f72ec383-5efe-400f-8afb-79d5ae256cd7n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Goa-Research-Net" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/BECB9BD8-70B4-4A15-929B-D0E6F383AE99%40xs4all.nl.
