Author: RUMPHIUS, G.E. (1628-1702) - W. BUIJZE (TRANSCRIPTION),
Title: Georgius Everhardus Rumphius Antwoort en Rapport aan Anthonij Hurt 1684; Amswer and Report to Anthony Hurdt 1684. [Facsimile, Nederlandse Transcriptie met verklarende aantekeningen].
Description: Den Haag, W. Buijze, 1998. 8°. Original glossy limp wrappers with covertitle in bold black type and a captioned monochrome facsim. illustration at tail of front cover. 100pp. Many captioned monochrome facsim. illustrations after original engravings, facsims. after archivalia, facsim. after the original Ms. report by Rumphius, english transcription with marginalia, appendix, bibliography, table of contents. Bi-lingual dutch and english facsim. edition after the ioriginal report by Georgius Everhardus Rumphius, also known as Georg Everhart Rumpf, V.O.C. Servant of Ambon (Moluccas, Dutch East Indies), being a reply to Anthony Hurdt about results of an expedition by Rumphiuys, transcribed into dutch and English after seventeenth century dutch by Professor W. Buijze, preceded by an authentic facsim. after the original publication 1678. Vary interesting indeed for the history of colonial Eastern Indonesia. Very fine copy.

Keywords: ambon muluccas report voyage rumphius anthonyhurdt expedition culture heritage history moluccas transcription facsimile colonialism indonesia southeastasia