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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Leo Fouche (Ed)

THE DIARY OF ADAM TAS (1705-1706) HET DAGBOEK VAN ADAM TAS (1705 - 1706)

With an enquiry into the complaints of the colonists against the governor Willem Adriaan van der Stel.

Published: Longmans, Green and Co, London, 1914

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Red cloth-covered boards. Loose spine has been professionally repaired using the original red cloth and gilt titles.

Library stamp (1919) on free endpaper.

Adam Tas, born in Amsterdam in 1668, came to the Cape in 1697 as a free burgher and lived with his wealthy relation, Henning Husing. Thus he was at the centre of the complaints after Husing had made representations to the Directors about van der Stel's misrule.

The diary was written in Dutch, but this book has an English translation on each facing page. The English translation was done by A.C. Paterson.

There is an introduction, the Diary itself, and Appendix with 6 chapters on the complaints against W.A. van der Stel.

  • Size: 230 x 160 x 40 mm
  • Sold By: Pringle Bay Books
  • Contact Person: Neil Berens
  • Country: South Africa
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