Republication of Las Casas and Gysius Works
- When
- 1620
- Where
- Netherlands
- Episodes
- 1
In 1620, Jan Evertszoon Cloppenburch republished Bartolomé de las Casas's 'A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies' in the Netherlands. This edition was issued alongside Johannes Gysius's 'Origin and progress of the disturbances in the Netherlands', linking anti-Spanish colonial critique with Dutch political history.
Episodes
Background and detail
Publication Context. The 1620 republication was handled by Jan Evertszoon Cloppenburch in the Netherlands. It paired las Casas's account of colonial atrocities with Johannes Gysius's work on Dutch disturbances, reflecting a trend of reprinting such texts in regions resisting Spanish power.
People involved
- Bartolomé de las Casas · Author of 'A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies'
- Johannes Gysius · Author of 'Origin and progress of the disturbances in the Netherlands'
- Jan Evertszoon Cloppenburch · Publisher of the 1620 edition
Sources
- A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-10
- Bartolomé de las Casas Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-11
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