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Auction #114 begins on 11 Apr 2024

Raven-Hart, R.

CAPE [of] GOOD HOPE, 1652-1702:

the first fifty years of Dutch colonisation as seen by callers; translated with notes by R. Raven-Hart

Published: Balkema, Cape Town, 1971

Edition: De luxe edition

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2 volumes (xv, 527 pages): illustrations, colour frontispieces (laid down), maps. Quarto. Quarter-leather and marbled paper covered boards with gilding. Slightly rubbed on edges. Set 32 of an edition limited to 200 copies.          

Raven-Hart's scholarly compilation reflects the views of early visitors to the Cape. Their detailed and often unflattering reports provide an interesting counter balance to the official accounts as conveyed by Jan van Riebeeck and later governors in their reports to the VOC. Every traveller's account is transcribed, and Raven-Hart provides background to each of the 104 entries.

An important guide to understanding the early years of colonisation at the Cape.

  • Binding Condition: Fine
  • Overall Condition: Fine
  • Size: 28,5 x 21cm
  • Sold By: Select Books
  • Contact Person: David McLennan
  • Country: South Africa
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  • Telephone: 021-4246955
  • Preferred Payment Methods: Credit card; EFT
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