A Dutch Castaway on Ascension Island in 1725

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On 5 May 1725 a Dutch ship's officer, Leendert Hasenbosch, was set ashore on the desert island of Ascension in the South Atlantic Ocean, as a punishment for sodomy. He tried to survive on turtles and birds but found very little water on the barren island. He wrote a diary. He probably died after about half a year. In January 1726 British mariners found his tent, diary and other things and brought the diary to England. In 1728 a first English version of the diary of the Dutch castaway was published. Other versions followed. Who was the castaway? The truth was disclosed by the Dutch historian Michiel Koolbergen (1953-2002), in a posthumously published book in Dutch. With the support of Michiel Koolbergen's family and publisher, this new book discloses the truth in English. This book is illustrated with line drawings, both historic ones and by the Dutch artist Anneke de Vries.
 

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PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS _______________________
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Ascension Island around 1725 a hell on earth ____________
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How Michiel Koolbergen identified the Dutch castaway ____
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Life of Leendert Hasenbosch prior to his exile
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Leendert Hasenbosch on Ascension set
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a summary of the castaways stay
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British mariners discover the diary on Ascension83 CHAPTER 8 When where and how did Leendert Hasenbosch die? ______
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the story of the Dutch castaway is faked __
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a short history___
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The VOC and the detestable crime of sodomy ________
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The marooning of Leendert Hasenbosch compared with other
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EPILOGUE Another Dutchman on Ascension ____________________
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LITERATURE______________________________________________
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