Knowledge and colonialism eighteenth-century travellers in South Africa

Knowledge and colonialism : eighteenth-century travellers in South Africa / by Siegfried Huigen.

Author/creator	Huigen, Siegfried
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Leiden ; Boston : Brill,
Description	xii, 273 p., [39] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 25 cm.
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Subject(s)	Travelers--South Africa --Cape of Good Hope --History --18th century. Europeans--South Africa --Cape of Good Hope --History --18th century. Ethnology--South Africa --Cape of Good Hope --History --18th century. Ethnological expeditions--South Africa --Cape of Good Hope --History --18th century. Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)--Description and travel. Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)--Description and travel --Sources. South Africa--History --To 1836. South Africa--Colonial influence. South Africa--Description and travel. South Africa--Description and travel --Sources.

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.
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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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