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Vigne (Randolph) Editor.

Guillaume Chenu De Chalezac, The \'French Boy\' the Narrative of His Experiences as a Huguenot Refugee

Published: Van Riebeeck Society, Cape Town, 1993

Edition: First

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Vigne (Randolph) Editor. Guillaume Chenu De Chalezac, The \'French Boy\' the Narrative of His Experiences as a Huguenot Refugee, as a Castaway Among the Xhosa, His Rescue with the Stavenisse Survivors By the Centaurus, His Service at the Cape and Return to Europe, 1686-9. Cape Town: Van Riebeeck Society, 1993.
First Edition. 8vo., 174+pp., with illustrations; brown cloth gilt with pictorial dust-wrapper. Fine.
\"Guillaume Chenu de Chalezac, Sieur de Laujardiere, the \'boy of France\', was brought to the Cape from the Ciskei coast with the Stavenisse survivors in 1687, after a year living in the household of a Xhosa chief. The narrative of his experiences is based on an account published in German in 1748, and later versions in French and German ...\" Dust-wrapper.
  • Overall Condition: Fine
  • Size: 8vo
  • Sold By: Chas J. Sawyer
  • Contact Person: Richard Sawyer
  • Country: United Kingdom
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