The book 'Right in the Middle' is published (september 2018).
The main goal is to unlock this unique and beautiful 17th century Dutch
treasure. To remove the veil from the Cape Verde Islands. In a time that
information and products floated over the seas with the speed of a
sailing ship.
Hessel
Gerritsz was the most influential and innovating mapmaker of 17th
century and the best informed person, without doubt, in geographical and
hydrographical matters in Amsterdam and not only in The Netherlands. In
1627-1628 he compiled a rutter for the Dutch West India Company (WIC).
The 1625 loss of Dutch Brazil made clear that the next attempt of the
WIC had to be more tenacious and that its commanders needed better
information about the areas that had to be seized and could be useful
for trade in the West (read: Atlantic). In this book the part of Hessel
Gerritsz’ handwritten rutter about the Cape Verde Islands (Soute
Eylanden) is translated into Dutch, English and Portuguese.
You can find a preview and order it: here
A more comprehensive preview (35 pages): here.
