Into the Hitherto Unknown. Ensign Beutler's Expedition to the Eastern Cape, 1752

Van Riebeeck Society, 2013. Hard cover with dust cover, 207 pages. Immaculate condition. Parcel under 1kg.  

On 29 February 1752 the official journal of the DEIC’s settlement at the Cape recorded that ‘the detachment under Ensign Beutler … which camped behind the Castle for about eight days, went on the march this morning.’

Just over 8 months later, on 6 November 1752, it noted, ‘Ensign Beutler has returned to this Castle with the rest of the detachment that was sent inland with him. Although the principal objective with which the men were sent out was missed due to unforeseen circumstances, it has been of some profit in view of other matters dealt with in more detail in the journal that was kept.’