Illustraties in de Zonen van Jafeth-reeks /
Images from the Sons of Japheth series
De gedrukte edities van de boekenreeks zijn elk voorzien van 60 fraaie zwart-wit-illustraties. Op deze website zijn een aantal met de hulp van AI ingekleurd. Het resultaat is verbluffend fraai.
Each paperback and hardback edition of the Sons of Japheth series is provided with more than 60 beautiful black and white illustrations. For this website, some of them have been colored with the help of AI. Have a look, they are quite amazing.
Kroesvee / Black Cattle
Amsterdam in winter, 17th century.
Kroesvee / Black Cattle
Dutch musketeers on a raid in the interior of West Africa, 1687.
Kroesvee / Black Cattle
Slave overseer Bomba Jan (on the right) on deck of the slave trader Griffin, just before things go south. (The ship's deck is derived from a photo of the famous Dutch Batavia replica in Lelystad, the Netherlands.)
In Barbarije /
On the Barbary Coast
Main character Merchant Cats with his wife and daughter Nelly aboard the trader St. Joris, just before the ship is taken by Algerian corsairs.
In Barbarije /
On the Barbary Coast
The crew standing in front of their captors. Everything they own is taken from them ...
In Barbarije /
On the Barbary Coast
... after which they are are locked up in the hold.
Asiento
Backwater in Amsterdam, 17th century. A young Balthasar Coymans will find unexpected pleasure here.
Asiento
Caiquetío Indian Hatuey on the hunt with his two sons, chasing escaped Black slaves. Curaçao.
Kroesvee / Black Cattle
Skipper Aldemar Burghoutsz in his younger years, climbing the mizzenmast.
Kroesvee / Black Cattle
Black and white traders in front of Elmina Castle (Gold Coast, Ghana).
In Barbarije /
On the Barbary Coast
Corpses are transported outside the city of Algiers during an outbreak of the Black Plague.
In Barbarije /
On the Barbary Coast
One of my favorite characters is Hansum Han (in Dutch: Mooie Han). Here he is, looking for revenge. A force of nature.
Asiento
The Spanish Inquisition was a terrifying institution. Dona Isabel, loyal housekeeper of Balthasar Coymans, is captured and interrogated by one of God's bloodhounds.
In Barbarije /
On the Barbary Coast
This image is almost iconic. Algerian corsairs on the brink of entering a Dutch ship.
Asiento
Indigenous slave traders in Rufisco (modern Rufisque) in Senegal.
Banda Neira
Dieter Stout, a weathered musketeer of the Dutch East India Company, is heading for the Banda archipelago.
Asiento
Heavy duel between the Dutch slave ship Christina and a French pirate on the Caribbean Sea, off the coast of Colombia.