Johannes Cotovicus or Jan van Cootwijk was a 17th-century travel writer who wrote an account of a journey to Jerusalem and Syria.
A. J. van der Aa
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He was born in Amsterdam in 1792. ...
, ''Biographisch woordenboek der Nederlanden'', vol. 3 (Haarlem, 1858), 704-705
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. Accessed 16 November 2015. Cootwijk was a native of
Utrecht
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and a
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. He travelled through much of western Europe before embarking on a pilgrimage to
Jerusalem
Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...
which he described in ''Itinerarium Hierosolymitanum et Syriacum'' (Antwerp,
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, 1619). This was translated into Dutch by
Adriaan van Meerbeeck under the title ''De loflycke reyse van Jerusalem ende Syrien'' (Antwerp, 1620).
The ''Itinerarium'' included an abridgement of
Gasparo Contarini
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Biography
He was born in Venice, the eldes ...
's ''De magistratibus et republica Venetorum'' (1543) which was later published separately as ''Synopsin respublicae Venetae'' (1626).
References
External links
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Itinerarium Hierosolymitanum et Syriacum' on Google Books. Accessed 16 November 2015.
Itinerarium hierosolymitanum et syriacum1619, archive.org
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1629 deaths
Writers from Utrecht (city)
Dutch Golden Age writers