Format:
1 Online-Ressource (lxxxvii, 131 Seiten) :
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Illustrationen, Karten.
ISBN:
978-0-8139-4446-3
Series Statement:
Studies in early modern German history
Content:
"The translated and edited journals of a young German barber-surgeon recording his travels across Germany and the Netherlands and time spent on Dutch and Brandenburg slave ships sailing to the Caribbean and Africa from 1682 to 1696. He observes shipboard life, trade in Africa, the horrors of the Middle Passage, and the sale of slaves in the Caribbean. He describes Amsterdam, Curaçao, St. Thomas, and Suriname, and his travels along the coast of West Africa, from Mauritania to Gabon, including descriptions of the court of King Agbangla of Hueda/Whydah (Benin) and the island of São Tomé"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Travel account and biography of Johann Peter Oettinger : along with a brief and clear report on the origins and ancestry of the Oettinger lineage
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 978-0-8139-4445-6
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
1666-1746 Öttinger, Johann Peter
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Sklavenhandel
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Überseehandel
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Quelle
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Tagebuch
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Quelle
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Tagebuch
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Tagebuch
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Quelle
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Quelle
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Tagebuch
Author information:
Koslofsky, Craig, 1963-
Author information:
Öttinger, Johann Peter, 1666-1746,
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