Author: BALEN, J.HENDRIK VAN
Title: De Trompetter van Admiraal Spilbergh; De eerste Nederlanders op Ceylon, 1601-1604. Tweede Druk [Second edition].
Description: Amsterdam, Leendertz, [circa], 1884. Small 8°, original red coloured cloth, gilded title on front cover and spine, further illustrated front cover with abondant decoration. Hftitle (verso blank). (2), 208pp. Chromolithographed frontispiece, 3 other chromolithographed plates, lithographed by Tresling & Co., table of contents. [De Nederlanders in Oost en West, te Water en te Land; No. III]. BUUR, I.J., 0091 Dutch language historic youth novel, relating the history of the first Dutch East India Company settlement on Ceylon, under command of Admiral van Spilbergh, final chapter deals with the war against Aceh and on Bantam. Very good copy in original publ. cloth.

Keywords: dutch youth literature novel adventure history ceylon sri lanka spilbergh adventure story dutch east india company voc v.o.c. settlement colonialism nineteenth century 19thc indonesia asia buur