A German barber-surgeon in the Atlantic slave trade: the seventeenth-century journal of Johann Peter Oettinger

"The translated and edited journals of a young German barber-surgeon recording his travels across Germany and the Netherlands and time spent on Dutch and Brandenburg slave ships sailing to the Caribbean and Africa from 1682 to 1696. He observes shipboard life, trade in Africa, the horrors of th...

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Main Author: Öttinger, Johann Peter 1666-1746 (Author)
Other Authors: Koslofsky, Craig 1963- (Editor, Translator), Zaugg, Roberto 1979- (Editor, Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Charlottesville ; London University of Virginia Press 2020
Series:Studies in early modern German history
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Online Access:FUBA1
Summary:"The translated and edited journals of a young German barber-surgeon recording his travels across Germany and the Netherlands and time spent on Dutch and Brandenburg slave ships sailing to the Caribbean and Africa from 1682 to 1696. He observes shipboard life, trade in Africa, the horrors of the Middle Passage, and the sale of slaves in the Caribbean. He describes Amsterdam, Curaçao, St. Thomas, and Suriname, and his travels along the coast of West Africa, from Mauritania to Gabon, including descriptions of the court of King Agbangla of Hueda/Whydah (Benin) and the island of São Tomé"--
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (lxxxvii, 131 Seiten) Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:9780813944463

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