Author: HOOP JR., ADRIAAN VAN DER,
Title: De Kanonneerboot: Vaderlandsche Romance, door A. van der Hoop Jr.
Description: Rotterdam, A.F.H. Smit, 1831, iv,13 pages, half cloth library binding, library stamp on titlepage, poem written about the gunboat of Jan Carolus Josephus van Speijk, also written Van Speyk (31 January 1802 - 5 February 1831), who was a Dutch naval lieutenant who became a hero in the Netherlands in 1831 for his opposition to the Belgian Revolution. He allegedly blew up his gunboat with its crew to prevent it being taken by the Belgian revolutionaries. Written by Adriaan van der Hoop jr (Rotterdam, 17 June 1802 - 4 November 1841) who was a Dutch poet and literary critic.

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