78/2453 [Maritime history]. Keimpema, P. van. "Netboek". Manuscript in pen and ink, n.d. (±1870), (139) leaves, pen and ink, a few illustrations in pen and ink, orig. boards w. rough cloth wrappers w. manuscript in pen and ink "NETBOEK VAN P. VAN KEIMPEMA" on frontcover, folio.

= Stamp of "Kweekschool voor de Zeevaart" on first free endpaper. Nothing could be traced on Petrus van Keimpema, but a loosely inserted "Certificate of Discharge" identifies him as born in Lemmer in 1850 and as being apprenticed as mate on the "Minerva" between Sept. 28, 1875 and June 1, 1876. Apparently he went to the Kweekschool voor de Zeevaart in Amsterdam, but did not opt for a career at sea. According to the registers that we consulted he married in 1880 and died in 1907. His job is described office clerk.