Inheemse bevolkings van Suider-Afrika

William Somerville’s narrative of his journeys to the Eastern Cape frontier and to Lattakoe 1799-1802

2022-08-26T15:59:07+00:00July 24th, 1979|

William Somerville, an Edinburgh doctor, accompanied the invading forces of Major-General Craig when the British took the Cape in 1795. He remained at the Cape for some years, accompanying Major-General Dundas to the eastern districts during the height of conflict on the frontier. Subsequently he accompanied an expedition to the Orange River. On both occasions he recorded the cultures of the indigenous people whom he met, and the flora and fauna.

Selected Articles from the Cape Monthly Magazine (New Series 1870-76)

2021-07-26T13:26:14+00:00July 24th, 1978|

Die "Cape Monthly Magazine" was die bekendste van die 19e-eeuse Kaapse tydskrifte. Met Professor Roderick Noble van die South African College en Alfred Whaley Cole as redakteurs, het dit bydraes van leidende Kaapse intellektuele ontvang. Hierdie keuse uit die bydraes handel oor reise en historiese herinneringe, en sluit artikels in deur dr W.G. Atherstone, Charles Brownlee en Robert Godlonton.

David Livingstone South African Papers (1849-1853)

2022-07-18T15:51:15+00:00July 24th, 1974|

Hierdie volume van Livingstone se geskrifte, geskryf voor sy reise, handel hoofsaaklik oor Suid-Afrikaanse sendeling-kwessies en rasse-aangeleenthede; dit bevat ook kommentaar oor handelaars. Sy bittere vooroordeel teenoor die Boere word geopenbaar, en ook sy botsings met ander sendelinge; nogtans is sy insigte in plaaslike samelewings insiggewend.

Beschryvinge van Kaap der Goede Hoope, met de zaaken daar toe behoorende, door François Valentyn, 1726. Dl. II.

2022-08-16T21:01:23+00:00July 24th, 1973|

This second part of Valentyn's travels continues with the account of his visit in 1702 and a later visit of 1714. It includes a lengthy account of the customs of the Khoi and their language, the fauna to be encountered and the early history of the settlement.

Travels and Adventures in Southern Africa by George Thompson, 1823-24; Vol. II

2021-10-29T13:19:47+00:00November 25th, 1968|

Hierdie tweede volume deur Thompson dek 'n reis na die woongebiede van die Boesmans, die Korannas en die Namakwas, in die Roggeveld en Namakwaland. Die deel sluit af met 'observations on the present condition of the Dutch and English inhabitants' en 'n bespreking van die ekonomiese potensiaal van die Kaapkolonie.

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