The itineraries of geography: Jan huygen van linschoten's itinerario and Dutch expeditions to the indian ocean, 1594-1602

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 149-177

  Saldanha, Arun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dutch colonialism; Epistemology; History of geography; Indian ocean; Travel writing

Indexed keywords

COLONIALISM; GEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE; HISTORY OF GEOGRAPHY;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 78751677337     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2010.520227     Document Type: Article

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