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In response to frequent requests by members to make long out-of-print volumes available again, HiPSA is re-publishing selected volumes from its First and Second Series.

To distinguish these from the originals, the reprints are quite different in appearance – they are A5-sized paperbacks with light blue paper covers. In no way are they meant to compete with the originals. Their chief value lies in their content, which again becomes available to the public after many decades. Copies may be purchased from HiPSA. (Delivery may take some time as reprinting is done in batches of ten).

REPRINTS AVAILABLE

Vol	Short Title	Vol	Short Title
I-1	Reports of De Chavonnes and of Van Imhoff, on the Cape	I-16	Isaacs – Travels in Eastern Africa Vol I
I-2	Mentzel ‐ Biography of Rudolph Siegfried Allemann	I-17	Isaacs – Travels in Eastern Africa Vol II
I-3	De Mist ‐ Memorandum for the administration at the Cape	I-18	Die Joernaal van Dirk Gysbert van Reenen, 1803
I-4	Mentzel ‐ A geographical description of the Cape Vol I	I-19	Die Duminy Dagboeke [with English translation]
I-5	Collectanea, Vol. I	I-20	The Dairy of Dr Andrew Smith Vol I
I-6	Mentzel ‐ A geographical description of the Cape Vol II	I-21	The Dairy of Dr Andrew Smith Vol II
I-7	The Diary of the Rev. Francis Owen	I-24	Teenstra – Reize over de Kaap de Goede Hoop 1830
I-8	The Wreck of the Grosvenor	I-25	Mentzel ‐ A geographical description of the Cape Vol III
I-9	Die Dagboek van Hendrik Witbooi 1884‐1906	I-27	Goldswain’s Chronicals – Vol I
I-12	Expedition Journals of Olof Bergh & I Schrijver 1682-89	I-29	Goldswain’s Chronicals – Vol II
I-14	The early Cape Hottentots	II-6	Sparrman – Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope – Part I
I-15	Journals of Wikar, Janz & Van Reenen 1760-1799	II-7	Sparrman – Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope – Part II

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Die Duminy Dagboeke [with English translation]

Edited by Prof. J.L.M. Franken

Volume:

I-19 (1938)

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The Duminy diaries consist of the diary of Johanna Margareta Duminy (1797), the journal of François Duminy of his visit to the Caledon Baths and the Bok river (9 November 1810 to 4 March 1811), the journal of François Duminy's expedition to Walfish Bay in 1793 and Sebastian Valentyn van Reenen's journal of the same expedition. An English translation of...

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The Diary of Dr Andrew Smith, director of the 'Expedition for exploring Central Africa', 1834-6; Vol. I

Edited by Percival R. Kirby

Volume:

I-20 (1939)

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Andrew Smith, an army doctor, arrived in the Cape in 1820, remaining there until 1837. The expedition to Central South Africa was undertaken to find out more about the people living to the north. Smith travelled up to Kuruman and into Ndabele country, and explored the Oori, Mariqua and Limpopo Rivers. The expedition included a number of missionaries, among them...

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The Diary of Dr Andrew Smith, director of the 'Expedition for exploring Central Africa', 1834-6; Vol. II

Edited by Percival R. Kirby

Volume:

I-21 (1940)

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The second volume of Smith's diary picks up the expedition with descriptions of Baralong social life. The party travelled through the northern Cape to Mafeking and onto Mosega. Subsequently they trekked east and then returned to Cape Town, via Mzilikazi whom they visited for the second time. The diary includes extended accounts of wild life as well as the customs...

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The Chronicle of Jeremiah Goldswain, Albany Settler of 1820; Vol. II

Edited by Una Long

Volume:

I-29 (1949 for 1948)

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In the second volume of his journal, Goldswain described the increasing tension between black and white on the frontier, his experiences as a trader, and his relations with his own family, including their medical treatment. His journal is most attractive for its naïve frankness.

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The Chronicle of Jeremiah Goldswain, Albany Settler of 1820: Vol. I

Edited by Una Long

Volume:

I-27 (1946)

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Jeremiah Goldswain's journals, written phonetically in his mid-English dialect, have been a source of interest to linguists as well as historians. A sawyer from Buckinghamshire, Goldswain migrated to the Eastern Cape in 1820. The first part of his journal describes the early difficulties of the settlers on the frontier

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M.D. Teenstra - De vruchten mijner werkzaamheden, gedurende mijne reize over de Kaap de Goede Hoop, naar Java en terug, over St Helena, naar de Nederlanden, 1830

Introduction by F.C.L. Bosman and a linguistic view by Prof. Dr. J.L.M. Franken; with a summary in English by P.J. Smuts

Volume:

I-24 (1943)

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M.D. Teenstra was a Dutch gentleman-farmer, who visited the Cape in 1825. During the course of his stay he went for a cure at the Caledon baths, and visited Genadendal and Cape Agulhas, returning to Cape Town via Franschhoek and Stellenbosch. His observations are acute and full and he made full use of statistics and other official information available to...

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The Diary of the Rev. F. Owen, Missionary with Dingaan, together with the accounts of Zulu affairs by the interpreters, Messrs. Hully and Kirkman

Edited by Sir Geo. E. Cory

Volume:

I-7 (1926)

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Owen produced one of the best-known descriptions of life in Dingaan's kraal, including an account of the Retief massacre, of which he was the only white witness. This was the first time that the diary had been published in its entirety, apart from the Bechuanaland portion 'which had been re-written to include the history but to exclude the theology'.

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Travels and Adventures in Eastern Africa by Nathaniel Isaacs; Vol. II

Edited by Louis Herrman

Volume:

I-17 (1936)

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Isaac’s journal is one of the first reports of a European on Natal and the kingdom of the Zulus. The first volume begins in 1825 when Isaacs went to Natal for the first time. The major portion of the text consists of a detailed description of Shaka, his society and culture. In 1830 Isaacs returned to Natal when Dingaan reigned...

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Travels and Adventures in Eastern Africa by Nathaniel Isaacs; Vol. I

Edited by Louis Herrman

Volume:

I-16 (1935)

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Isaacs' journal is one of the earliest European accounts of Natal and the Zulu kingdom. The first volume opens in 1825 when Isaacs first went to Natal. Most of the volume is devoted to an extended description of Shaka and his society and culture.

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Die Dagboek van Hendrik Witbooi, Kaptein van die Witbooi-Hottentotte, 1884-1905

Compiled from the original documents in the Government Archives, Windhoek. Introduction by Gustav Voigts and published in collaboration with the SWA Scientific Society.

Volume:

I-9 (1929)

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Hendrik Witbooi, who had been born at Pella, south of the Orange River, was trained as an evangelist. Subsequently he moved north to Gibeon in Namibia where he established himself as a powerful figure, conducting campaigns against the Herero, many of whom were subordinated to him. The diary, which he kept from 1884 to 1894 , is in Dutch,...

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The Journal of Hendrik Jacob Wikar [1779] with an English translation by A.W. van der Horst; and the Journals of Jacobus Coetse Jansz [1760] and Willem van Reenen [1791]

Translated and edited by Dr E.E. Mossop

Volume:

I-15 (1935)

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These journals were published originally in Molsbergen's Reizen in Zuid Afrika. Wikar's report is an account of the daily life and adventures of the first European who is known to have journeyed along the Orange River, while that of Jansz records the first European crossing of the Orange River into South-West Africa . Van Reenen crossed the Orange River into...

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The early Cape Hottentots described in the writings of Olfert Dapper [1668], Willem Ten Rhyne [1686] and Johannes Gulielmus de Grevenbroek [1695]

The original texts, with translations into English by I. Schapera and B. Farrington, edited by I Schapera

Volume:

I-14 (1933)

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Most early travellers to the Cape included some account of the local Khoisan societies. The three works published here are more comprehensive than most, giving a reasonable idea of the state of knowledge about indigenous peoples in the Western Cape by the end of the 17th century. These are the accounts of travellers rather than scientists but the more readily...

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Journals of the expedition of the Honourable Ensign Olof Bergh [1682 and 1683] and Isaq Schrijver [1689]

Transcribed and translated into English and edited by Dr E.E. Mossop

Volume:

I-12 (1931)

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The Swede, Olof Bergh, was one of the earliest travellers to undertake the journey up to Namaqualand. The purpose of his journeys was to negotiate with the 'Sousequase and Gourisse Hottentots' , to trade and to familiarise himself with the region up the Cape west coast. Isaq Schrijver of Leiden was also sent north by Governor Simon van der...

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The Wreck of the Grosvenor

A narrative of the loss of the Grosvernor by John Hynes, one of the survivors, written by George Carter and a translation of the Journal of Jacob van Reenen about the search for the wreck and any survivors by Capt. Edward Riou

Volume:

I-8 (1927)

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Containing a narrative of the loss of the Grosvenor, East Indiaman, wrecked on the Coast of Caffraria, 1782; compiled by Mr George Carter, from the examination of John Hynes, one of the survivors, London, 1791; and Journal of a Journey from the Cape of Good Hope in 1790 and 1791, undertaken by J. van Reenen and others in search of...

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Anders Sparrman. Travels in the Cape 1772-1776: Vol. II

With introduction and editing by Prof. Vernon S. Forbes. Translated from the Swedish by J. and I. Rudner.

Volume:

II-7 (1976)

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This second volume of Sparrman's travels concerns his account of his journey to the Eastern Cape including a stay at Agter Bruintjies Hoogte. It includes comments on the practices of the Khoi of the eastern districts and of local flora and fauna.

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Anders Sparrman. Travels in the Cape 1772-1776; Vol. I

With introduction and editing by Prof. Vernon S. Forbes. Translated from the Swedish by J. and I. Rudner.

Volume:

II-6 (1975)

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Anders Sparrman (1748-1820), a young Swedish doctor, is noteworthy for his visit to parts of the Cape which were little known at that time. This first volume describes his journey past Mossel Bay and through the Langkloof.

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Mentzel, O.F. - A geographical-topographical description of the Cape of Good Hope. Part III

Translated from the German by G.V. Marais and J. Hoge; revised and edited by H.J. Mandelbrote

Volume:

I-25 (1944)

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In this third volume of Mentzel's account of life at the Cape he travelled into the interior, to Stellenbosch and Swellendam. He comments on agriculture and viticulture, as well as hunting. The final chapters discuss the Khoi inhabitants.

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Mentzel, O.F. - A geographical-topographical description of the Cape of Good Hope. Part II

Translated from the German by H.J. Mandelbrote

Volume:

I-6 (1924)

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The second part of Mentzel's account of life at the Cape ranges widely, from revenues available to the Cape government, to the daily life of the burghers, public auctions and the treatment of slaves.

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Collectanea

A collection of various documents relating to the Cape and Natal (1695-1710). With a preface by C. Graham Botha

Volume:

I-5 (1922)

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A collection of various documents relating to the Cape and Natal (1695-1710)

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Mentzel, O.F. - A geographical-topographical description of the Cape of Good Hope. Part I

Translated from the German by H.J. Mandelbrote

Volume:

I-4 (1921)

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The first of three volumes by Mentzel on conditions at the Cape as he found them in the mid-18th century. Mentzel intended to correct the errors perpetrated by such earlier travellers as Kolb. This volume contains an historical background, a description of the physical features of the Cape and accounts of the administration and finances of the colony.

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De Mist, J.A. - Memorandum containing recommendations for the form and administration of government at the Cape of Good Hope, 1802

Original Dutch text with an English version by M.K. Jeffreys and Preface by S.F.N. Gie

Volume:

I-3 (1920)

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This report by De Mist, prepared and completed in January 1802 in Amsterdam, recommends changes to be made to the government of the Cape during the critical years between the two British occupations. It also ranges widely over social, economic and political conditions of the Cape at the end of the 18th century.

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Mentzel, O.F. - Life at the Cape in the mid-eighteenth century, being the biography of Rudolph Siegfried Allemann, Captain of the Military Forces at the Cape of Good Hope

Translated from the German by M. Greenlees; Notes by Kathleen M Jeffreys

Volume:

I-2 (1919)

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This 'biography' of Allemann is, in fact, an entertaining account of social life at the Cape during the mid-18th century. The topics range from the structure of the military forces to the life of slaves, and the revolt of Etienne Barbier to shipwrecks and the financial prospects of young women.

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Reports of De Chavonnes and his Council, and of Van Imhoff, on the Cape

Direct transcripts of the original documents, made by Margaret Ralling and introduced by John X. Merriman

Volume:

I-1 (1918)

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Written in Dutch, with translations in English, according to John X Merriman, one of the founders of the society, these documents deal 'with matters that Dr Theal characterized as, probably, of the greatest importance to the European Settlement in this country'. They are official reports on conditions at the Cape.

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Die Joernaal van Dirk Gysbert van Reenen, 1803

Uitgegee deur wyle prof. dr. W. Blommaert en prof. J.A. Wiid. With an English translation by J.L.M. Franken and Ian M. Murray

Volume:

I-18 (1937)

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This is an account of a journey in to the Eastern Cape undertaken by the Governor of the Cape, J.W. Janssens and Capt Paravicini de Capelli, recorded by D.G. van Reenen. Van Reenen was a prominent burger at the Cape, a winemaker, reputed to make the best wine in the Cape, and he held the wine and meat contracts...

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REPRINT PRICES

The prices of reprints for members in Southern Africa and members in other countries are summarised in the table below. Postage and packaging costs are to be added.

Vol	Short Title	Local Members	Local Non-Members	Foreign Members	Foreign Non-Members
I-1	De Chavonnes	R250	R300	$18	$20
I-2	Mentzel – Allemann	R250	R300	$18	$20
I-3	De Mist	R250	R300	$18	$20
I-4	Mentzel (I)	R250	R300	$18	$20
I-5	Collectanea	R250	R300	$18	$20
I-6	Mentzel (II)	R250	R300	$18	$20
I-7	Owen	R250	R300	$18	$20
I-8	The Wreck of the Grosvenor	R250	R300	$18	$20
I-9	Witbooi	R300	R360	$22	$25
I-12	Bergh and Schrijver	R320	R380	$25	$30
I-14	Early Cape Hottentots	R210	R280	$18	$20
I-15	Wikar	R320	R380	$25	$30
I-16	Isaacs (I)	R300	R360	$22	$25
I-17	Isaacs (II)	R300	R360	$22	$25
I-18	Van Reenen	R320	R380	$25	$30
I-19	Die Duminy Dagboeke	R320	R380	$25	$30
I-20	Andrew Smith Dairy vol I	R300	R360	$22	$25
I-21	Andrew Smith Dairy vol II	R300	R360	$22	$25
I-24	Teenstra	R320	R380	$25	$30
I-25	Mentzel (III)	R320	R380	$25	$30
I-27	Goldswain Vol I	R300	R360	$22	$25
I-29	Goldswain Vol II	R300	R360	$22	$25
II-6	Sparrman Part I	R320	R380	$25	$30
II-7	Sparrman Part II	R320	R380	$25	$30

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