Author: SCHREUDER, JAN. Reimers, E. (transl.).
Title: Memoirs of Jan Schreuder, Governor of Ceylon, delivered to his successor Lubbert Jan Baron Van Eck on March 17, 1762. Translated from the original by E. Reimers. / Memorie door den afgaanden heer Governor van Ceylon Jan Schreuder, aan desselfs vervanger Lubbert Jan Baron Van Eck ged : den 17, Maart 1762.
Description: Colomombo, Ceylon Government Press, 1946]. Reprint [Colombo], State Printing Corporation, 1970s ?]. XII,202 pp. Orig. hardcover (blue cloth, gilt lettered on spine). 8vo. - Cover very sl. soiled; two small stamps on verso of the title-page. (Selections from the Dutch records of the Ceylon government. No. 5. / Ceylonsche archiefstukken, no. 5). Jan Schreuder (12 February 1704 in Hamburg - 16 January 1764 in Batavia, Dutch East Indies) was the 30th Governor of Zeylan during the Dutch period in Ceylon. He was appointed on 17 March 1757 and was Governor until 17 September 1762. He was succeeded by Lubbert Jan baron van Eck.

Keywords: Ethnography Asia Sri Lanka V.O.C. Dutch East India Company Etnografie Azië Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie