The fiction and reality of Jan Struys : a seventeenth-century Dutch globetrotter / Kees Boterbloem.
The fiction and reality of Jan Struys : a seventeenth-century Dutch globetrotter / Kees Boterbloem.
The fiction and reality of Jan Struys : a seventeenth-century Dutch globetrotter / Kees Boterbloem.
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Publisher
Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Date
2008.
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N910.92/58
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Language
English
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Physical content
vi, 315 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents
Introduction. From Sailmaker to Celebrity -- 1. Struys's Youth and Reysen's First Journey -- 2. The Second Voyage -- 3. The Dutch Republic -- 4. The Dutch in Muscovy -- 5. Muscovy -- 6. In the Tsar's Service -- 7. Reysen's Muscovy and Struys's Muscovy -- 8. The Volga Delta and the Oryoi's Demise --...
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Publisher
Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2008.
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Summary
"The Fiction and Reality of Jan Struys depicts the life of a Dutch seventeenth-century sailmaker, the alleged author of a book of breathtaking overseas travels, which became a bestseller across Western Europe after its first publication in Amsterdam in 1676 and remains a key source for Russian and Iranian history. With this first comprehensive inve...
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The fiction and reality of Jan Struys : a seventeenth-century Dutch globetrotter / Kees Boterbloem.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N910.92/58
Record Identifier
74VM4BmRjE2b
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VM4BmRjE2b
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ISBN
9780230553187 (hbk.) :
0230553184 (hbk.) :
DDC
910.92
MMS ID
991001569349702626
