Pieter van den Broecke's Journal of Voyages to Cape Verde, Guinea and Angola (1605-1612)

ISBN-13: 9780904180688 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 160 str.

J.D.La Fleur

Opis

In the summer of 1630, Pieter Van den Broecke returned to Amsterdam after completing his fifth voyage overseas as a commercial agent for various Dutch companies who were then expanding their worldwide trading networks. Van den Broecke used this homecoming to compose a lengthy manuscript describing his experiences, and to arrange its publication in 1634. However, this published version presented his account in a highly abridged and significantly altered form. The present edition offers an English translation of those parts of Van den Broecke's original manuscript which describe the four trading voyages he made to Africa in the early-17th century.

Spis treści

Pieter van den Broecke's Journal of Voyages to Cape Verde, Guinea and Angola (1605-1612)

O autorze

Pieter van den Broecke and James D. La Fleur