Jasper Danckaerts
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Jasper Danckaerts is the author of a Journal Of A Voyage To New York In 1679-80.
Danckaerts was born at Flushing in Zeeland
May 7, 1639, the son
of Pieter Danckaerts and Janneke Schilders. He became a
cooper in the service of the East India Company
at Middelburg
.
The original Dutch manuscript was acquired in 1864 by Henry C. Murphy, then corresponding secretary of
the Long Island Historical Society, in an old book-store in Amsterdam. Murphy published an English translation in 1867. A revised edition appeared as Original Narratives of Early American History, edited
by J. B. Bartlett of the Maryland Historical Society and J. F. Jameson, director of the Department of Historical Research in the Carnegie Institutions of Washington in 1913.
The journal describes the travels of two envoys of the Labadist sect, Jasper Danckaerts and Peter Sluyter,
who came to North America in order to find a location for the
establishment of a community.
Danckaerts was born at Flushing in Zeeland
Zeeland
Zeeland , also called Zealand in English, is the westernmost province of the Netherlands. The province, located in the south-west of the country, consists of a number of islands and a strip bordering Belgium. Its capital is Middelburg. With a population of about 380,000, its area is about...
May 7, 1639, the son
of Pieter Danckaerts and Janneke Schilders. He became a
cooper in the service of the East India Company
East India Company
The East India Company was an early English joint-stock company that was formed initially for pursuing trade with the East Indies, but that ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent and China...
at Middelburg
Middelburg
Middelburg is a municipality and a city in the south-western Netherlands and the capital of the province of Zeeland. It is situated in the Midden-Zeeland region. It has a population of about 48,000.- History of Middelburg :...
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The original Dutch manuscript was acquired in 1864 by Henry C. Murphy, then corresponding secretary of
the Long Island Historical Society, in an old book-store in Amsterdam. Murphy published an English translation in 1867. A revised edition appeared as Original Narratives of Early American History, edited
by J. B. Bartlett of the Maryland Historical Society and J. F. Jameson, director of the Department of Historical Research in the Carnegie Institutions of Washington in 1913.
The journal describes the travels of two envoys of the Labadist sect, Jasper Danckaerts and Peter Sluyter,
who came to North America in order to find a location for the
establishment of a community.