Persian Gulf

‪Historical maps with reference to the Persian Gulf - (n.18) Map of Asia by Jan Huygen Van Linschoten - The work uses the phrase Persicus Sinus(Persian Gulf) c. 1596 Jan Huyghen van Linschoten (1563 – 8 February 1611) was a Dutch Protestant merchant, traveller and historian. An alternative spelling of his second name is Huijgen. He is credited with publishing important information about Asian trade, such as the navigational routes that enabled the passage to the elusive East Indies to be opened to the English and the Dutch. This enabled the British East India Company and the Dutch East India Company to break the 16th century monopoly enjoyed by the Portuguese on trade with the East Indies.‬