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    Guillaume Chenu de Chalezac, the 'French Boy'
    Edited and introduced by Randolph Vigne
    Volume:
    II-22 (1991)
    Print Status:
    In Print
    The 15-year-old 'French boy' was wrecked on he Ciskei coast in 1687, and spent a year living in the household of a Xhosa chief. 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...
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  • The Last Voyage of the Guardian, Lieutenant Riou Commander, 1789-1791
    Edited with an introduction by M.D. Nash
    Volume:
    II-20 (1989)
    Print Status:
    In Print
    The voyage of HMS Guardian is unique in naval history. She sailed from Spithead in September 1789 with stores for Britain's new colony in New South Wales. Thirteen days out from the Cape of Good Hope she struck an iceberg that tore away her rudder and most of her keel. Half the ship's company took to the boats, only one...
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  • A Source Book on the Wreck of the Grosvenor East Indiaman
    Compiled and edited by Percival R. Kirby
    Volume:
    I-34 (1953)
    Print Status:
    In Print
    This volume is a companion to The Wreck of the Grosvenor, published by the VRS in 1927. It includes various accounts of the wreck, the journal of William Hubberly, a survivor of the wreck, as well as some Dutch material on the event. The volume concludes with a full list of the ship's company and passengers.
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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)
    Print Status:
    Out of print (Softbound reprint and eBook available)
    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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