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Bird's eye view of St. Helena

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Bird's eye view of St. Helena

Meurs, Jacob van / Meurs, Jacob van / I.N.

Bird's eye view of St. Helena.

St. Helena.

Key: 1. De Beere Valley. / 2. De Kraeke Valley. / 3. De Kerck Valley. / 4. De Drooge Valley. / 5. De Suring Valley. / 6. De Appel Valley. / 7. De Box Berge. / 8 Meewe Klippe.

Dr Olfert Dapper (1636-1689) published a large number of books after 1663. He wrote a history of the city of Amsterdam and furnished the first Dutch translation of Herodotus. But he is known particularly for his many descriptions of foreign lands which he compiled from various sources, without ever seeing the countries he wrote about for himself. This plate is taken from a description of Africa.

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Sources and literature

Dapper, Olfert, Naukeurige beschrijvinge der Afrikaensche Eylanden: als Madagaskar, of Sant Laurens, Sant Thomee, d'eilanden van Kanarien, Kaep de Verd, Malta, en andere: vertoont in de Benamingen, gelegentheit, Steden, Revieren, Gewassen, Dieren, Zeeden, Drachten, Talen, Rijkdommen, Godsdiensten en Heerschappyen. (1668)

Jones, Adam, Decompiling Dapper: A preliminary search for evidence (1990)