Guillaume Chenu de Chalezac, The “French Boy” – Vigne, Randolph

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The worlds of the Huguenot diaspora,the great days of Indian Ocean trading,the Cape’s pivotal position in the struggle for mastery,and the awakening interest of the Dutch in the’Terra de Natal’form a many-layered basis to this first full account of the Xhosa and their way of life since European settlement in South Africa began.
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.
Book condition : Mint Hard cover, clean internally pages fresh and crisp. Binding tight.
Dust wrapper MINT. Includes tipped in coloured frontispiece, 14 illustrations and 4 maps. This is volume 22 of the Second Series of the Van Riebeek Society NOTE for interest (full series consists of volumes 1-50) See OUR OWN photograph of our book for quality control, please fee free to zoom in to see condition, like new.

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SKU: 1266 Category: Title: Guillaume Chenu de Chalezac, The "French Boy"
Author: Vigne, Randolph
Publisher: Published by Van Riebeeck Society
Year: 1993
Condition: Fine
Format: Hardcover
Inventory No: 1266

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The worlds of the Huguenot diaspora,the great days of Indian Ocean trading,the Cape’s pivotal position in the struggle for mastery,and the awakening interest of the Dutch in the’Terra de Natal’form a many-layered basis to this first full account of the Xhosa and their way of life since European settlement in South Africa began.
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.
Book condition : Mint Hard cover, clean internally pages fresh and crisp. Binding tight.
Dust wrapper MINT. Includes tipped in coloured frontispiece, 14 illustrations and 4 maps. This is volume 22 of the Second Series of the Van Riebeek Society NOTE for interest (full series consists of volumes 1-50) See OUR OWN photograph of our book for quality control, please fee free to zoom in to see condition, like new.

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Weight 0.44 kg
Dimensions 23 × 15.5 × 1.2 cm

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