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Title | Cape Good Hope 1652-1702. the First Fifty Years of Dutch Colonisation As Seen by Callers (Two Volumes) |
Author | R. Raven-Hart |
Publisher | A. A. Balkema |
Date | 1971 |
Description | A particularly sharp set of this important work of the early Dutch Colony and South African history. Two volumes both books in fine condition with fine DJ now with archival covers for protection. Books show some minor shelfwear at the bottom. Publisher's Synopsis: "During the first 50 years of Dutch colonisation at the Cape of Good Hope many travellers arrived in Table Bay, on their way to the East: some came voluntarily, others by force of circumstances. They came ashore, looked around, observed strange, indigenous people, interesting plants and animals; they visited the little settlement, met the local personalities, wondered at the way-of-life. They also consulted and negotiated with the Dutch officials, and sought help in their difficulties. And, most frequently, they recorded their impressions so as to inform and astonish their friends in Europe with the wonders they had seen. These impressions were sometimes published; but more often they appeared in ships' log books and other mss, unpublished, and available to the researchers of today in archives and special libraries only. Such recorded impressions are the subject matter of this book: Major Raven-Hart has selected, transcribed and meticulously translated a total of 104 accounts by visitors to the Cape between 1652 and 1702. They are taken from the original Dutch, English, French, Portuguese, Danish and German; with one exception, the list is exhaustive for this period. The language styles are varied; quaint and vivid, penetrating, and sometimes quite coarse." |
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