Comments on: 17th-century Dutch shipwreck found near Brazil

By: livius drusus

livius drusus — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:16:18 +0000

By: Roy

Roy — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:46:59 +0000

It has been sent. :-)

By: livius drusus

livius drusus — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:11:39 +0000

I would love to read it or any sources you might have handy. Don’t put yourself to any trouble, please, but if you have an electronic copy I’d be thrilled to receive it at livius dot drusus at gmail dot com.

By: Roy

Roy — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:20:28 +0000

I worked on the 1630-1654 Dutch Brazil because I mainly used a manuscript from Adriaan Van der Dussen in which he informed the newly appointed governor Johan Maurits how the country was run and what the needs of the people were.

I have a printed copy of that dissertation, if you wish I can try and find an electronic copy. Though you should note that I’m very displeased with the content as I only had three months to finish it as we only were allowed to start working on it in February. It was never the intention of the university to have that master-after-master deliver real dissertations but more like a 50-page summary of research without much input. (Luckily my first dissertation from my master in history has more content!)

If I can find that dissertation I can probably also find quite some summaries of books I read on slavery in Brazil. If you’re interested in that, I can send it to you.

By: livius drusus

livius drusus — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:09:08 +0000

And I’m curious to find out more about your dissertation. Are we talking 17th c. when the Dutch still held coastal Brazil, or the formerly Dutch areas even after the Portuguese took over?

Slavery in the Americas is a fascinating topic, especially in Brazil which took so long to abolish.