Working for the Portuguese in Goa, Jan Huyghen van Linschoten copied their biggest navigational secrets. Back in the Netherlands, he published them in a book, which ended the Portuguese domination of the Asia trade. What was the public reaction to the publication in the Netherlands and Portugal?

by Thoughtthroughthough

Thoughtthroughthough

As a follow-up question: how did he manage to surreptitiously copy the documents (assuming he made physical copies), smuggle them out and held on to them during his long journey back to the Netherlands, considering he even suffered a shipwreck and spent two years in the Azores?