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- 1712-1713 (Creation)
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Holograph volume, 352 pages, bound in vellum
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Biographical history
Senior official of the Dutch East India Company.
Van Steelant was returning with his family to the Netherlands, after a stay in Batavia of over 30 years during which he served as Governor and Director and Member of the Extraordinary Council of the Dutch East Indies.
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The item is part of The Gubbins Library.
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'Dagelijckse aantekening van mij Joannes van Steelant vertreckende van Batavia uijt India ...'
Journal in Dutch kept by J. van Steelant on the voyage from Batavia via the Cape of Good Hope to the Netherlands on the ship 'Sandenburg'. Van Steelant was returning with his family after a stay in Batavia of over 30 years during which he served as Governor and Director and Member of the Extraordinary Council of the Dutch East Indies.
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- Dutch
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