THE SALDANHA BAY STORY. Jose Burman & Stephen Levin

1974. First edition. Hard cover with dust cover, 165 pages. Very good condition. Under 1kg.

The history of this magnificent natural harbour teems with violent happenings – naval battles shipwrecks murders treasure hunts. The story of how the French nearly took South Africa centres on Saldanha Bay as well as the events which have left us the song "Daar Kom die Alabama”. Yet this is the first time that the story of Saldanha Bay has been told. The co-authors of this work were well-suited to the task: Jose Burman has written a number of books on aspects of early Cape history including two on shipwrecks whilst fifty years of collecting material and delving into Saldanha’s background has made Stephen Levin the leading expert on that subject. Between them they have produced a lively and utterly readable record which includes a good many little-known facts.