- ISSN: 2588-8277
- E-ISSN: 2667-162X
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oa Bezet door het ijs
Bezet door het ijs De Nederlandse literaire verwerking van onfortuinlijke reizen ter walvisvangst in het rampjaar 1777/1778
- Amsterdam University Press
- Source: De Moderne Tijd, Volume 4, Issue 3-4, Jan 2020, p. 337 - 357
Abstract
Abstract
Beset by Ice
The Dutch Literary Resonance of Unfortunate Whaling Voyages in the Catastrophic Year 1777/1778
The Greenland whaling catastrophe of the year 1777 resulted in seventeen voyage descriptions, written in five languages over a period of 40 years. Travelogues in Dutch, German and Danish reflect the international character of the 18th century whaling trade. As for the Dutch literary setting, there appear to be great differences in style and processing between printed journals written by surviving seamen and descriptions written by or in collaboration with more or less professional authors.
© Hans Beelen
