TRUE ACCOUNT OF A SAILOR CASTAWAY ON A DESERT ISLAND FOR "UNNATURAL ACTS" & LEFT TO GOD'S MERCY. In 1725, a sailor aboard a Dutch East Indiaman was forcibly marooned on Ascension Island. Accused of unnatural acts, the man, Jan Svilt, kept a journal of his fight for life on the dry, deserted island in the south Atlantic. Set against a background of puritanical & avaricious Holland, exotic Batavia, Capetown--the Tavern of the Seven Seas--& the harsh environment of Ascension, this book tells the story of Jan Svilt & his fellow ...
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TRUE ACCOUNT OF A SAILOR CASTAWAY ON A DESERT ISLAND FOR "UNNATURAL ACTS" & LEFT TO GOD'S MERCY. In 1725, a sailor aboard a Dutch East Indiaman was forcibly marooned on Ascension Island. Accused of unnatural acts, the man, Jan Svilt, kept a journal of his fight for life on the dry, deserted island in the south Atlantic. Set against a background of puritanical & avaricious Holland, exotic Batavia, Capetown--the Tavern of the Seven Seas--& the harsh environment of Ascension, this book tells the story of Jan Svilt & his fellow servants of the Dutch East India Company, the most powerful & ruthless multinational the world has ever known. Svilt's officers felt that his affection for his ward Bandino would bring the wrath of God down on the Dutch fleet--as it had on Sodom. Yet the company offered slave prostitutes to its men in Capetown & Batavia, the lush capital of their Spice Islands empire.
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Add this copy of The Queer Dutchman: True Account of a Sailor Castaway to cart. $56.64, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1979 by Green Eagle Pr.
