Asia, of naukeurige beschryving van het ryk des grooten Mogols, en een groot gedeelte van Indiën, ... geheel Persië, Georgië, Mengrelië, enz. [Asia, or an accurate description of the Great Mogul Empire, and a large part of the Indies, all of Persia, Georgia, Mengrelia, etc.] / Olfert Dapper.

Asia, of naukeurige beschryving van het ryk des grooten Mogols...(Title print)

Asia, of naukeurige beschryving van het ryk des grooten Mogols, en een groot gedeelte van Indiën, ... geheel Persië, Georgië, Mengrelië, enz. [Asia, or an accurate description of the Great Mogul Empire, and a large part of the Indies, all of Persia, Georgia, Mengrelia, etc.] / Olfert Dapper. - Amsterdam,

1672

Olfert Dapper (ca. 1635-1689) was a Dutch physician, writer, and Africa expert. Dapper wrote about the history of Amsterdam, as well as about that of African and Asian countries. His books about distant countries were world-renowned in his day and appeared in English, French, and German translations. In Paris a museum dedicated to him exists to this day. The author Willem Frederik Hermans enjoyed visiting it and even wrote a book entitled Het Evangelie van O. Dapper Dapper [The Gospel of O. Dapper Dapper] (1973). Dapper was not a traveller; he never saw the exotic venues featured in his writings. Instead, he derived his data from books written by others and from interviews with merchants and seafarers.

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Call number:

AB F 1703