Double Dutch? A Survey of Seventeenth-Century German Sources for West African History
Double Dutch? A Survey of Seventeenth-Century German Sources for West African History
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双荷兰语？
作者：
Adam Jones
在两位荷兰先驱的带领下，历史学家最近在对 17 世纪欧洲有关西非的资料进行批判性分析方面取得了相当大的进展。然而，许多重要的工作尚未处理。其中包括德国资料来源，没有这些资料来源就无法完全理解其他资料来源。尽管在 17 世纪与西非的贸易中，德国没有一个国家像荷兰、英国、法国和葡萄牙那样重要，但德国的文学作品却与除荷兰以外的任何国家一样重要。我刚刚完成了十七世纪关于西非的德国著作的英文批评版，我认为有必要回顾一下这些著作在多大程度上可以被视为主要来源。我建议按时间顺序查看每位作者。
Following the lead of two Dutch pioneers, historians have recently made considerable progress in the critical analysis of seventeenth-century European sources relating to west Africa. Many important works, however, have yet to be dealt with. Among these are the German sources, without which the other sources cannot fully be understood. Although no German state was as important in seventeenth-century trade with west Africa as the Dutch, English, French, and Portuguese, the German literary output was as significant as that of any nation except the Dutch. Having just completed a critical English edition of seventeenth-century German writings on west Africa, I think it appropriate to review the extent to which these can be regarded as primary sources. I propose to look at each author in chronological order.