Caspar van Hilten

Caspar van Hilten was the editor and publisher of the first Dutch newspaper, the Courante uyt Italien, Duytslandt, &c., printed in Amsterdam from 1618. He had, in effect, been a press officer for the army of Maurice of Nassau before becoming a publisher. [ [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/hoof001hwva02_01/hoof001hwva02_01_0317.htm DBNL . P.C. Hooft, De briefwisseling van Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft ] ]

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