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Olfert Dapper was born in early 1636 in the Jordaan in Amsterdam.
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anthropologist historian physician writer
Olfert Dapper was born in early 1636 in the Jordaan in Amsterdam.
He wrote books about world history and geography, although he never travelled outside the Netherlands. In 1663 wrote a book on the history of Amsterdam. His Description of Africa (1668) is a key text for African studies.
His book "is one of the most authoritative 17th century accounts on Africa published in German.
Translations appeared in English, French, and German. Within a few years he published about China, India, Persia, Georgia, and Arabia.
His books became well known in his own time. The fine plates include views of Algiers, Benin, Cairo, Cape Town, Louisiana Valetta, Marrakech, Saint Helena, Tangier, Tripoli, Tunis, as well as, animals and plants.
Dapper was burried on 29 December 1689 in Amsterdam.
To this day, Dapper"s book Description of Africa is a key historical text on African history
In Amsterdam, the street Dapperstraat was named after him. The Dutch writer Willem Frederik Hermans wrote a book on him with the title Het Evangelie van O. Dapper Dapper (1973). In Paris, the Musée Dapper was opened in 1986, named after Dapper.
Peter South. Beagle dedicated The Last Unicorn to Doctor Dapper for his reports of unicorns in Maine.
In 2012, Beagle wrote a fictional tale of Dapper"s travels.
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