Memorable Description of the East Indian Voyage

1618-25

Willem Ysbrantsz Bontekoe, Pieter Geyl, Pieter Geyl , Pieter Geyl

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English

Routledge
21 October 2004

Classic travel writing

First published in 1929.

'Fire and shipwreck, fights ashore and afloat, the pitting of ceaseless patience and resource against fate, these things make one understand why the book, famous in its original tongue, has but to be savoured in translation to gain an equal popularity.' Manchester Guardian

Bontekoe's East Indian Voyage was one of the most popular books in which the Dutch seventeenth century public delighted and it continued to be reprinted throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

As well as providing an illuminating insight into the machinations of the Merchants and Directors of the East India Company and the often troubled waters of international trade and diplomacy, the account is a very personal one: of a human being battling against elemental forces, at tremendous odds, tenaciously holding on to life and coming through in the end.

By: Willem Ysbrantsz Bontekoe
Translated by: Pieter Geyl, Pieter Geyl, Pieter Geyl
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 520g
ISBN: 9780415344722
ISBN 10: 0415344727
Pages: 196
Publication Date: 21 October 2004
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

WILLEM YSBRANTSZ BONTEKOE

Reviews for Memorable Description of the East Indian Voyage: 1618-25

"""Fire and shipwreck, fights ashore and afloat, the pitting of ceaseless patience and resource against fate, these things make one understand why the book, famous in its original tongue, has but to be savoured in translation to gain an equal popularity."" -""Manchester Guardian"