Jacob de Bucquoy: Pirates of Madagascar at Rio Delagoa

by Baylus C. Brooks

Jacob de Bucquoy, born 26 October 1693, was a hydrographer and cartographer of the Netherlands. He began his career as a cartographer in Europe and then from 1721, he worked for the Dutch East India Company or VOC. During his first overseas excursion to Dutch Fort Lijdzaamheid at Delagoa on the southeast coast of Africa to map the river there, however, he was interrupted in this work and captured by pirates. He had produced remarkable works of cartography...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 138798425X
• ISBN13: 9781387984251
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Length: 54 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"