The Diary of Heinrich Witt

Book Review| November 01 2017 The Diary of Heinrich Witt The Diary of Heinrich Witt. 10 vols. Edited by Mücke, Ulrich. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, 2016. Photographs. Maps. Figures. Tables. Notes. Index. clxxxiv, 7,014 pp. Cloth, $1,423.00. Charles F. Walker Charles F. Walker University of California, Davis Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Hispanic American Historical Review (2017) 97 (4): 719–721. https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-4214351 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter Email Permissions Search Site Citation Charles F. Walker; The Diary of Heinrich Witt. Hispanic American Historical Review 1 November 2017; 97 (4): 719–721. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-4214351 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter Books & JournalsAll JournalsHispanic American Historical Review Search Advanced Search Born near Hamburg in 1799, Heinrich Witt arrived in Peru in 1824 and spent most of his life there as an agent for a number of merchant houses, including his own. He crossed the Atlantic numerous times, traveling extensively in Europe as well as Peru and Chile. Witt dedicated extraordinary effort to his diaries, writing almost daily (in English) and revising it with the aid of secretaries. When his vision declined in his old age, he had friends and employees read it out loud to him, allowing him to relive his anecdotes and to make corrections and additions. He ultimately wrote thirteen volumes with more than 11,000 pages, although only ten volumes are available today. In print, the ten volumes add up to more than 5,500 pages. The online version sold by Brill includes two rough drafts of diaries not part of... Copyright © 2017 by Duke University Press2017 You do not currently have access to this content

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