Knowledge and colonialism eighteenth-century travellers in South Africa / by Siegfried Huigen.
| Author/creator | Huigen, Siegfried |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Leiden ; Boston : Brill, |
| Description | xii, 273 p., [39] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Atlantic world, 1570-0542 ; v. 18 Atlantic world (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 18. ^A570643 |
| Contents | Wagon routes : an introduction -- Peter Kolb's Defence of the "Hottentots" (1719) -- Expeditions from Fort Lijdsaamheijd : the voc and the geography of Southern Africa in the beginning of the eighteenth century -- Trade and science : reports of the VOC expedition by Hendrik Hop from 1761-1762 -- Xhosa and Khoikhoi "households" : representations of inhabitants of Southern Africa in the Gordon atlas -- The adventures of a Surinamese Frenchman in South Africa : the travel accounts of François le Vaillant -- A 'Black legend' of Dutch colonialism in the Travels (1801-1804) of John Barrow -- Batavian colonial politics and travel accounts about South Africa -- The first ethnographic monograph : De Kaffers aan de Zuidkust van Afrika (1810) by Lodewyk Alberti -- Conclusion: Knowledge and colonialism -- Annex 1: Independent editions and translations of Peter Kolb's Capvt bonae spei hodiernvm in the eighteenth century -- Annex 2: Structure of the Nieuwste en beknopte beschryving van de Kaap der Goede-Hope. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2009017888 |
| ISBN | 9789004177437 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9004177434 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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