Bezet door het ijs

Abstract Beset by Ice The Dutch Literary Resonance of Unfortunate Whaling Voyages in the Catastrophic Year 1777/1778 The Greenland whaling catastrophe of the year 1777 resulted in seventeen voyage descriptions, written in five languages over a period of 40 years. Travelogues in Dutch, German and Dan...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Published in:De Moderne Tijd
Main Author: Beelen, Hans
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:Dutch
Published: Amsterdam University Press 2020
Subjects:
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.5117/dmt2020.3-4.010.beel
https://www.aup-online.com/content/journals/10.5117/DMT2020.3-4.010.BEEL?crawler=true%26mimetype=application/pdf
Description
Summary:Abstract Beset by Ice The Dutch Literary Resonance of Unfortunate Whaling Voyages in the Catastrophic Year 1777/1778 The Greenland whaling catastrophe of the year 1777 resulted in seventeen voyage descriptions, written in five languages over a period of 40 years. Travelogues in Dutch, German and Danish reflect the international character of the 18th century whaling trade. As for the Dutch literary setting, there appear to be great differences in style and processing between printed journals written by surviving seamen and descriptions written by or in collaboration with more or less professional authors.