Precis of the Archives of the Cape of Good Hope , Journal 1662-1670 -- H.C.V. Leibbrandt

W.A. Richards & Sons, Government Printers, Castle St, Cape Town (1901).

Softcover, tan limp card boards.

Condition: please refer to images, The limp card boards are quite fragile due to age and there is damage to the top right pages (the text is not affected). The pages although age-tone are sound and the binding is still all-together.

344pp. Size: 24cm x 15.5cm.

What a fascinating read! This is the daily account of the comings and goings at the Cape of Good Hope, recorded by the Zacharias Wagenaer. The Journal opens as such:

May 8th.-S.E. breezes. Last night with a bright moon the ships Mars and Amsterdam, one with 154 men and the other with 110, sailed away for Batavia. This morning the flute De Peperboom also left. The Nagelboom, meeting with contrary wind, was obliged to remain at anchor. Towards evening the wife of the free innkeeper, Hendrik van Zeurwerde, was confined of a boy and girl.

...January 30th.- Fine weather with a varying breeze. The Hottentoo, known as Platneus, informed us that the theft committed a fortnight ago at the house of Fisherman Carel Broers, (while he and his companions were out fishing at daybreak) had been committed by some of his countrymen, who had stolen from that poor, hardworking fellow f214 in money, some bread,rice, tobacco, &c As proof of what he said, he handed in the sum of f116....

February 19th.- A hot oppressive day. I obtained 1 ox and 4 sheep from the Chainouquas, who also offered us four fine tusks which, after inspection, we bartered for tobacco and beads...

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