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A DUTCH CASTAWAY ON ASCENSION ISLAND IN 1725

A DUTCH CASTAWAY ON ASCENSION ISLAND IN 1725

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Author: Alex Ritsema
Publisher: Lulu.com
Category: Book

Buy New: $13.98



Sales Rank: 2143971

Media: Paperback
Pages: 146
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 5.9 x 0.6

ISBN: 1411698320
Dewey Decimal Number: 910
EAN: 9781411698321
ASIN: 1411698320

Publication Date: July 3, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours

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Product Description
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.

 
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