The Fiction and Reality of Jan Struys: A Seventeenth-Century Dutch Globetrotter

Boterbloem, K.

Dutch Sailmaker and sailor Jan Struys' (c.1629-c.1694) account of his various overseas travels became a bestseller after its first publication in Amsterdam in 1676, and was later translated into English, French, German and Russian. This new book depicts the story of its author's life as well as the first singular analysis of the Struys text.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2008-01-01

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349362974

DOI: 10.1057/9780230583658

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 315