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Olfert Dapper
BornJanuary 1636
Amsterdam, Dutch Republic
Died29 December 1689(1689-12-29) (aged 53)
Amsterdam, Dutch Republic
OccupationGeographer, writer
NationalityDutch
SubjectHistory, geography

Olfert Dapper (January 1636 – 29 December 1689) was a Dutch physician and writer who wrote books about world history and geography although he never travelled outside the Netherlands.

Biography

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Illustration of the city and castle of Corfu, from Dapper's book Description of Morea (1688)
Illustration of the ruler of Loango, from Dapper's Description of Africa (1668)

Olfert Dapper was born in January 1636 in the JordaaninAmsterdam. On 6 January 1636, he was baptized in the Lutheran church in Amsterdam.[1]

In 1663 wrote a book on the history of Amsterdam. His Description of Africa (1668) is a key text for African studies.[2] His book "is one of the most authoritative 17th-century accounts on Africa published in Dutch. Translations appeared in English, French, and German.[1] Dapper never travelled outside the Netherlands but used reports by Jesuit missionaries and Dutch explorers. Within a few years, he published about China, India, Persia, Georgia and Arabia. His books became well+known in his own time. The fine plates include views of Algiers, Benin, Cairo, Cape Town, Valletta, Marrakesh, St. Helena, Tangier, Tripoli and Tunis, as well as animals and plants.

Dapper was buried on 29 December 1689 in Amsterdam.[1]

Influence

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Dapper's book Description of Africa is an important text for Africanists.[1]

In Amsterdam, the street Dapperstraat was named after him. The Dutch writer Willem Frederik Hermans wrote a book on him with the title Het Evangelie van O. Dapper Dapper (1973).

InParis, the Musée Dapper named for him opened in 1986.[3] Peter S. Beagle dedicated The Last Unicorn to Dapper for his reports of unicorns in Maine[4] and in 2012 wrote a fictional account of Dapper's travels.[5]

Bibliography

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Illustration of people riding an elephant, from the 1681 German edition of the Dapper's Description of Asia (1680)

References

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  • ^ "The Foundation". Musée Dapper. Archived from the original on 2008-01-25. Retrieved 2008-05-22.
  • ^ "The Last Unicorn Dedication Page". Archived from the original on October 22, 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
  • ^ Beagle, Peter S. (March 2012) [released March/April 2012]. "Olfert Dapper's Day". F&SF (genre: Fantasy literature). Retrieved 2012-05-17.
  • ^ Rijksmuseum Research Library[permanent dead link]
  • ^ Heritage, Atlas of Mutual. "Atlas of Mutual Heritage". Archived from the original on 2007-06-16.
  • ^ "Literature (1600-1800): Naukeurige beschrijvinge der Afrikaensche Eylanden[permanent dead link] (Description of Africa)
  • ^ item 10054810, Rijksmuseum Research Library
  • ^ item 10012664, Rijksmuseum Research Library
  • ^ item 10102268[permanent dead link], Rijksmuseum Research Library
  • ^ item 10102272[permanent dead link], Rijksmuseum Research Library
  • ^ item 10102269[permanent dead link], Rijksmuseum Research Library.
  • ^ item 10102270, Rijksmuseum Research Library.
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