Knowledge and colonialism : eighteenth-century travellers in South Africa /

Huigen, Siegfried.

Knowledge and colonialism : eighteenth-century travellers in South Africa / by Siegfried Huigen. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009. - 1 online resource (xii, 273 pages, 39 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) - Atlantic world, v. 18 1570-0542 ; . - Atlantic world (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 18. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

9789047430872 (electronic bk.) 9047430875 (electronic bk.) (hbk. ; alk. paper) (hbk. ; alk. paper)

10.1163/ej.9789004177437.i-314 doi


To 1836
Geschichte 1700-1800


Travelers--South Africa--Cape of Good Hope--18th century.
Europeans--History--South Africa--Cape of Good Hope--18th century.
Ethnology--History--South Africa--Cape of Good Hope--18th century.
Ethnological expeditions--History--South Africa--Cape of Good Hope--18th century.
Voyageurs--Afrique du Sud--Le Cap (Province)--18e siècle.
Européens--Histoire--Afrique du Sud--Le Cap (Province)--18e siècle.
Ethnologie--Histoire--Afrique du Sud--Le Cap (Province)--18e siècle.
Expéditions ethnologiques--Histoire--Afrique du Sud--Le Cap (Province)--18e siècle.
HISTORY--General.
HISTORY.
Colonial influence.
Ethnological expeditions.
Ethnology.
Europeans.
Travel.
Travelers.
Reisender
Kolonialismus
Reiseliteratur--niederländische--Geschichte 18. Jh.
Reiseliteratur--niederländische--Geschichte 19. Jh.


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.
Le Cap (Afrique du Sud : Province)--Descriptions et voyages.
Le Cap (Afrique du Sud : Province)--Descriptions et voyages--Sources.
Afrique du Sud--Histoire--Jusqu'à 1836.
Afrique du Sud--Descriptions et voyages.
Afrique du Sud--Descriptions et voyages--Sources.
South Africa.
South Africa--Cape of Good Hope.
Südafrika
Südafrika--Geschichte 18. Jh.
Südafrika--Geschichte 19. Jh.
Europäer.


Electronic books.
Electronic resource.
Electronic books.
History.
Sources.

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