| LC control no. | n 88145261 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Dapper, Olfert, 1635 or 1636-1689 |
| Variant(s) | Dapper, Olfert, 1639-1689 |
| Birth date | [1635,1636] |
| Death date | 16891229 |
| Field of activity | Africa--History Africa--Geography |
| Profession or occupation | Physicians Geographers Historians |
| Found in | Montanus, A. Atlas Chinensis [MI] 1671 (name not given) LC in RLIN, 4/6/88 (hdg.: Dapper, Olfert, 1639-1689) Wikipedia, Apr. 29, 2015 (Olfert Dapper; b. in the Jordaan district, Amsterdam in early 1636; baptised 6 Jan. 1636; d. Amsterdam 29 Dec. 1689; Dutch physician and writer; wrote books on world history and geography, though he never traveled outside the Netherlands; his Description of Africa (Naukeurige Beschrijvinge van Africa gewesten; 1668), based on reports by Jesuit missionaries and Dutch explorers, was and remains a key text for African studies) MuseĢe Dapper website, viewed Apr. 29, 2015: Olfert Dapper (b. in working-class district of Amsterdam in around 1635; baptised at the Lutheran church in Jan. 1636; d. Dec. 29, 1689; he was just over 30 when he began his geographical research; his best known work, Description of Africa, was originally published in Dutch, followed by translations into English, German and French; he avoided ethnocentric connotations and became the first to adopt an interdisciplinary approach) BibliOdyssey: Dapper Days in China web page, viewed Apr. 29, 2015 (Olfert Dapper, 1635-1689) |
| Not found in | DNB. |
| Associated language | dut |
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