View of the market in Goa

This coloured engraving shows the market of Goa and the various kinds of city dwellers visiting the market, or offering their wares of services there. The print is part of Van Linschoten's Itinerario, and goes with the section of the book describing the culture and society of Goa.

Inscription:O. Leisao que se Faz cada dia pola menha na Rua direita na Cidade de Goa Feito Polo natural por Ioan de Linschoten framengo..

Goënsi se quanta foro viden area pandat Plana frequens tectis splendida dives opum? Ut mercem hic properet gemmis auroque nitentem Ille abducta procul vendere mancipia? Congesta huc videas Ganges que portat et Indus Insule et Eoo Maximae in Oceano. P Hoogerb. [monogram] Fori Goensis tabernarum mercium et mercatorum illud frequentatnium aperta explicatio per J H V Linschoten [monogram] Claere opdoeninge vande merckt van Goa met haer winckelen waren en daegelickse Coopluyden door I.H.V. Linschoten. 44 en 45.