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ISBN10: 9060115295, ISBN13: 9789060115299, [publisher: Zutphen, Walburg Pers 1984] Hardcover Original publisher's red paper-covered boards, gilt title spine and frontcover, pictorial dustjacket, small 4to: 144pp. very richly illustrated, chapternotes & references, general bibliography, index, credits. [Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Netherlands] [Publication Year: 1987]
ISBN10: 9055945927, ISBN13: 9789055945924, [publisher: Schiedam, Scriptum, No year (ca. 2008).] Hardcover Original hardcover. 480 pp. Many illustrations/ photographs in colour. Text in Dutch and English. Very good, see picture. Large and heavy book, 4.4 kg! 4420g [Heerlen, Netherlands] [Publication Year: 2008]
ISBN10: 9055945927, ISBN13: 9789055945924, [publisher: Schiedam, Scriptum, No year (ca. 2008).] Hardcover Original hardcover. 480 pp. Many illustrations/ photographs in colour. Text in Dutch and English. Very good, see picture. Large and heavy book, 4.4 kg! 4420g [Heerlen, Netherlands] [Publication Year: 2008]
B. Bakker, Date: 1998 pre owned soft cover with clean pages and attractive illustrations; very light handling; many illustrations inside (Jan Steen) 1998. B. Bakker ISBN 9035120051 9789035120051 [US]
B. Bakker 1998 Soft cover As New Textbook Pre owned soft cover with clean pages and attractive illustrations; very light handling; many illustrations inside (Jan Steen)
ISBN10: 9035120051, ISBN13: 9789035120051, [publisher: B. Bakker] Softcover pre owned soft cover with clean pages and attractive illustrations; very light handling; many illustrations inside (Jan Steen) [Dekalb, IL, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1998]
[publisher: [Amsterdam, 1752].] Softcover Folio. 28 (misnumbered: 29) pp., 1 blank f., (2) pp. 19th century marbled wrappers. Amsterdam legal injunction against the mother, father, and brother-in-law (formerly defendants and now counterclaimants) of Frans Canter, manager of the VOC factory at Basrah from 1746 till 1750, who had infamously fled his post when he was to be replaced by Tido Baron Kniphausen. Fearing exposure for having embezzled Company funds, Canter had escaped to nearby Grain (Kuwait): "Sig van Bassoura door de vlugt heeft geretireert naar Green" (p. 4, no. 46). He continued his flight by caravan to Aleppo, then to Iskenderun, and finally by ship to Amsterdam, "where the East India Company was unable to get him prosecuted by the autonomous government of this town. - Canter's flight to Grain is a typical manifestation of a basic characteristic of Kuwait. Its essential function in the life of the Gulf at that time was that it was an area outside the sphere of influence of the Ottoman Government of Basra. In this way, it could serve as a refuge for both persons and trade when, for one reason or another, there was risk of trouble in Basra. This little desert trading town was born and continued to grow because of the simple fact of its being outside the troubled area of Ottoman Iraq" (Slot, The Origins of Kuwait, p. 117). Canter is also memorable for having composed, in the course of his escape, the first known letter written in Kuwait ...
[publisher: [Amsterdam, 1752].] Softcover Folio. 28 (misnumbered: 29) pp., 1 blank f., (2) pp. 19th century marbled wrappers. Amsterdam legal injunction against the mother, father, and brother-in-law (formerly defendants and now counterclaimants) of Frans Canter, manager of the VOC factory at Basrah from 1746 till 1750, who had infamously fled his post when he was to be replaced by Tido Baron Kniphausen. Fearing exposure for having embezzled Company funds, Canter had escaped to nearby Grain (Kuwait): "Sig van Bassoura door de vlugt heeft geretireert naar Green" (p. 4, no. 46). He continued his flight by caravan to Aleppo, then to Iskenderun, and finally by ship to Amsterdam, "where the East India Company was unable to get him prosecuted by the autonomous government of this town. - Canter's flight to Grain is a typical manifestation of a basic characteristic of Kuwait. Its essential function in the life of the Gulf at that time was that it was an area outside the sphere of influence of the Ottoman Government of Basra. In this way, it could serve as a refuge for both persons and trade when, for one reason or another, there was risk of trouble in Basra. This little desert trading town was born and continued to grow because of the simple fact of its being outside the troubled area of Ottoman Iraq" (Slot, The Origins of Kuwait, p. 117). Canter is also memorable for having composed, in the course of his escape, the first known letter written in Kuwait ...
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