Author: FELDKAMP, URSULA (HRSG.) [THEODOR CORDUA]
Title: Theodor Cordua. Von Mecklenburg nach Übersee. Mitteilungen aus dem Leben eines Kaufmanns und Reeders 1796-1857
Description: Hamburg: Ernst Kabel Verlag, 1996; 8vo (22cm), 239pp., black-white drawings, time table, bibliography, index, boards w. dustjacket. Language: German. V. good copy. Rare in NL. ¶ In de the series Menschen & Schiffe, Deutsches Schifffahrtmuseum, Hamburg. The Dutch colony of Surinam plays an important role in this book. The author lived 44 years in Paramaribo and presents an account of colonial circumstances, including slavery.

Keywords: 19th century Suriname autobiography colonialism