Caspar Barlaeus (1584-1648)

Subject Fields

Theology, (Dutch, Latin) Poetry, Logic, Historian, Medicine

Born

Antwerpen, Belgium

Famous for

His Latin and Dutch poetry,  translations and maps, eg. The numerous maps and plates in his account of the 17th Century Dutch colonial empire in Brazil.

Researcher in Leiden

1617-1631

Today in Leiden

Bibliography of Barlaeus (in Dutch)