Influence
To this day, Dapper's book Description of Africa Naukeurige Beschrijvinge van Africa gewesten (1668) is a key text for Africanists.
In Amsterdam, the street Dapperstraat was named after him.
In Paris, the Musée Dapper was opened in 1986, named after Dapper. The Dutch writer Willem Frederik Hermans visited the museum and wrote a book on it with the title Het Evangelie van O. Dapper Dapper (1973).
Peter S. Beagle dedicated The Last Unicorn to Dr. Dapper for his reports of unicorns in Maine. In 2012, Beagle's wrote a fictional tale of Dapper's travels.
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