Download or read book The Deshima Diaries written by Paul van der Velde and published by Brill. This book was released on 1992 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: English translation of the marginalia, or marginal notes, that were added to the text of the Deshima Diaries diaries from the 1670's onwards in order to provide the Dutch chief of Deshima (Dutch East India Company (VOC)) with a quick reference to the notes of his predecessors. This volume covers the marginalia from the 1700-1740 diaries.