Beschrijving
Amsterdam, uitgeversmaatschappij Amsterdam, 1931, 30e jaargang, nummer 2, 5 februari 1931, pp 40-79, later hardcover binding, ex library copy, plastic across original front, many illustrations, advertissements, this remembrance issue concerns Jan Carolus Josephus van Speijk, also written Van Speyk (31 January 1802 – 5 February 1831), who was a Dutch naval lieutenant who became a hero in the Netherlands in 1831 for his opposition to the Belgian Revolution. He allegedly blew up his gunboat with its crew to prevent it being taken by the Belgian revolutionaries.
