Johannes de Laet
1581 – 1649
geography
Curriculum vitae
| 1581 | born in Antwerpen (Belgium) on October 15 |
| 1585 | family left for Leiden |
| 1597-1602 | studied philosophy, among others with J.J. Scaliger, Leiden University |
| 1605 | student theology, Leiden University |
| 1621-1649 | co-founder and director of the Dutch West India compagny |
| 1649 | died in Leiden |
Sources
- A.J. van der Aa, Biographisch woordenboek der Nederlanden, dl 11, Haarlem 1865. dbnl online
- Haitsma Mulier, E.O.G. en G.A.C. van der Lem (samenstellers), Repertorium van geschiedschrijvers in Nederland 1500-1800, Den Haag 1990, pp. 231-232.
- wikipedia
Publications
Besides works on the West Indies and the West Indian Compagny, De Laet wrote one work on India:
1631 De imperio Magni Mogolis sive India Vera commentarius e varijs auctoribus congestus, Lvgdvni Batavorvm (Leiden).
Translation:
1928 The empire of the great Mogol: a translation of De Laet’s ‘Description of India and Fragments of Indian History’, transl. by J.S. Hoyland and annot. by S.N. Banerjee, Bombay 1928.