Lands of True and Certain Bounty: The Geographical Theories and Colonization Strategies of Jean Pierre Purry

From: The Journal of Southern History | Date: November 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Lands of True and Certain Bounty: The Geographical Theories and Colonization Strategies of Jean Pierre Purry. Edited and annotated by Arlin C. Migliazzo. Translated by Pierrette C. Christianne-Lovrien and 'BioDun J. Ogundayo. (Selinsgrove, Pa.: Susquehanna University Press; London: Associated University Presses, c. 2002. Pp. 201. $39.95, ISBN 1-57591-054-3.)

This collection brings together the extant published works of Swiss geographer Jean Pierre Purry (1675-1736). Purry, briefly an employee of the Dutch East India Company in Jakarta, spent the last twenty years of his life trying to ...

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