Description
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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