A Dutch Castaway on Ascension Island in 1725

Alex Ritsema (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

148 Seiten

2006
Lulu.com (Verlag)
978-1-4116-9832-1 (ISBN)

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On 5 May 1725 a Dutch ship's officer, Leendert Hasenbosch, was set ashore on the desert island of Ascension in the South Atlantic Ocean, as a punishment for sodomy. He tried to survive on turtles and birds but found very little water on the barren island. He wrote a diary. He probably died after about half a year. In January 1726 British mariners found his tent, diary and other things and brought the diary to England. In 1728 a first English version of the diary of the Dutch castaway was published. Other versions followed. Who was the castaway? The truth was disclosed by the Dutch historian Michiel Koolbergen (1953-2002), in a posthumously published book in Dutch. With the support of Michiel Koolbergen's family and publisher, this new book discloses the truth in English. This book is illustrated with line drawings, both historic ones and by the Dutch artist Anneke de Vries.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	3.7.2006
Zusatzinfo	black & white illustrations
Verlagsort	Morrisville
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	227 g
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Reiseführer ► Welt / Arktis / Antarktis
ISBN-10	1-4116-9832-0 / 1411698320
ISBN-13	978-1-4116-9832-1 / 9781411698321
Zustand	Neuware