Arnoldus montanus biography of donald
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Arnoldus Montanus (c–) was a Dutch teacher and author of a book about the American continent titled "De nieuwe en onbekende weereld". The book title means "The new and unknown world". It is probably better known as "Die unbekante Neue Welt", which is the title of the translation to German made by Olfert Dapper.
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De nieuwe en onbekende weereld, book 2, chap. 2, sec. 2[]
Dutch original[]
Op de grenzen van Canada worden nu en dan beesten gesien, gelijkende eenigsints na een paerd: hebben geplitste klaeuwen, ruige maenen, een hoorn recht aen 't voor-hoofd, een staert als dem wilde swijnen, swarte oogen, een hertenhals beminnen de naerste wildernissen: zijn schuw van malkander: sulx 't mannetje nooit nevens 't wijfje weyd, dan alleenlijk wanneer tot voort-teeling vermengen. Thans leggenze haer wreedheid af; soo haest de teel-tijd over is, vallen niet alleen ander wild; maer self haer eigen geflacht aen.
English translation (John Ogilby, )[]
On the Borders of Canada
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. A fine, tall copy bound in contemporary calf, rebacked (corners bumped, wear to the extremities, some skavsår and scrapes to the boards, recent endpapers.) Profusely illustrated with an engraved title page, a folding engraved map showing the T�kaid� road from Osaka to Edo (Tokyo) and the sea route from Osaka to Nagasaki; 24 folding double-page engraved views of Osaka, Miyako, Edo, Tsukishima and Kagoshima, and double-page illustrations (such as an earthquake, crucified Christians, and a temple scene). The text is illustrated with smaller engraved images depicting Japanese culture. The contents are in fine condition, with just a small hole on leaf R1 affecting one word, a few light marginal stains, a short marginal tear to leaf R2, and light browning to 6 plates. A detailed and extensive compilation of western accounts of Japan, largely compiled from sources in the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and Jesuit sources and first published the previous year in A
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New York - New England by Arnoldus Montanus.
Novi Belgii quod nunc Novi Jorck vocatur, Novae q. Angliae, & Partis Virginiae.
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Old, antique map of New York - New England by Arnoldus Montanus.
Title: Novi Belgii quod nunc Novi Jorck vocatur, Novae q. Angliae, & Partis Virginiae.
Accuratissima et Novissima Delineatio.
Cartographer: Nicolaas Visscher.
Date of the first edition:
Date of this map:
Copper engraving, printed on paper.
Map size: x mm ( x inches).
Sheet size: x mm ( x inches).
Verso: Blank.
Condition: Some light brown staining.
Condition Rating: A.
From: Montanus A. De Nieuwe en Onbekende Weereld: of Beschryving van America. Amsterdam, J. Meurs,
Arnoldus Montanus (c. )
Arnoldus Montanus was a Dutch teacher and author. He published books on theology, history, and geography. His most famous book is De Nieuwe e