First edition in original vellum, with only 5 maps remaining of the 25 maps. Later we acquired 5 extra maps: 1.Frontpiece LATIN ‘Speculum Orientalis Occidenttalis indiae Navigationum 1619
2.Plate nr 16 I. Ladrones
3.Plate 20: Ins. Macjan, Ins Baetjan
4.Plate 24: Cocos Insula
Oost ende West-Indische spiegel was originally published in Dutch, the same year it appeared also in a Latin edition: SPECULUM ORIENTALIS, with identical plates. 'Spilbergen had succeeded in establishing the power and reputation of the Dutch East India Company. In Java he took on board the crew of Le Maire and Schouten whose vessels had been confiscated. Le Maire and Schouten had discovered several small islands, Staten Landt, and the Straits of Le Maire, and had been the first to round Cape Horn' (Hill 1619). 'Spilbergen's voyage was the most succesful Dutch circumnavigation to date. The fleet had kept together, there had been little loss of Dutch life, and the expedition had ment a considerable profit for its sponsors' (Howgego S159). A short survey of another of the most important early voyages around the world, by Schouten and Le Maire in the years 1615 to 1617, is added at the end (='Australische navigatien'). It restores the honour of Le Maire and reports Le Maire's proof that Tierra del Fuego is an island and his discovery of what is still called the Strait of Le Maire, an alternative route to the Pacific.