page_title: Philippus Baldaeus
hierarchical_section_title: Philippus Baldaeus
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Portret van Philippus Baldaeus. Philippus Baldaeus Delphensis V.D.M. / Primo Annum in Punte Gale, Postea / in regno Iaffnapatnam in insula Cey: / lon 8 Annos, Iam in Geervliet 2 Aetatis 38. A. 1671. / Dit is Baldeus self, die t' Blinde Heijdendom / Door Leven en door Leer bracht tot het Christendom.. Baldaeus was predikant en de eerste Nederlandse predikant in Negapatnam. Ook was hij de eerste Nederlander die Tamil leerde. English: Portrait of Philippus Baldaeus. Philippus Baldaeus Delphensis V.D.M. / Primo Annum in Punte Gale, Postea / in regno Iaffnapatnam in insula Cey: / lon 8 Annos, Iam in Geervliet 2 Aetatis 38. A. 1671. / Dit is Baldeus self, die t' Blinde Heijdendom / Door Leven en door Leer bracht tot het Christendom.. Baldaeus was a preacher and the first Dutch preacher in Negapatnam. He was also the first Dutchman to learn Tamil.
context_page_description: Philips Baelde or Father Philippus Baldaeus, was a Dutch minister. He went to Jaffna during the Dutch period in Ceylon with an invading Dutch force. As the second European after Abraham Rogerius he documented the life, language and culture of Tamil people, living in the north of the island. It is a great historical record, and it was immediately published in Dutch and German. English translation was published by Ceylon Government Railway.
  Dutch Minister, Author of Description of the East Indian Countries of Malabar, Coromandel, Ceylon, etc.
  Author of the first European document about the life, language and culture of the Tamil people in northern Ceylon.
  He wrote much about the religious, civil and domestic conditions of the places he visited and introduced his account of the Hindu mythology. He translated the Lord's Prayer of the Tamil language, and although it had mistakes, it was remarkable as the first treatise, printed in Europe of any Indian language. Baldaeus went back to Holland and preached until he died while still a young man.
context_section_description: Philips Baelde or Father Philippus Baldaeus, (baptized on 24 October 1632, Delft – 1671, Geervliet) was a Dutch minister. He went to Jaffna during the Dutch period in Ceylon with an invading Dutch force. As the second European after Abraham Rogerius he documented the life, language and culture of Tamil people, living in the north of the island. It is a great historical record, and it was immediately published in Dutch and German (with several beautiful pictures). English translation was published by Ceylon Government Railway (1960).
  Dutch Minister, Author of Description of the East Indian Countries of Malabar, Coromandel, Ceylon, etc.
  Author of the first European document about the life, language and culture of the Tamil people in northern Ceylon.
  He wrote much about the religious, civil and domestic conditions of the places he visited and introduced his account of the Hindu mythology. He translated the Lord's Prayer of the Tamil language, and although it had mistakes, it was remarkable as the first treatise, printed in Europe of any Indian language. Baldaeus went back to Holland and preached until he died while still a young man.
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