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De Jong (Cornelius)

Description:

nach Irland und Norwegen in den Jahren 1791 bis 1797; aus dem Hollaendischen uebersetzt.

First German edition. 2 volumes in 1, I. xxviii, 296 pages. II. xx, 512 pages, 3 engraved folding plates - 2 printed on blue tinted paper - these are two views of Table Bay and one of Simonstown, 1 other plate, 2 folding tables, paper covered boards with a leather title label, very rubbed and worn and covered with adhesive plastic, front hinge split, embossed book plate on the front paste-down endpaper, signature on the first title page, contents lightly browned.

Kennedy (R.F.) Africana Repository (1965). 'Cornelius de Jong was Captain of the Dutch frigate Scipio. He was at the Cape from 27 March 1792 to 31 May 1793. Let Theal continue the story: In the following year Captain De Jong returned to the Cape with a number of outward bound Indiaman, and remained on this occasion rather longer than six months, as he waited to convoy the return fleet, with which he sailed from Simon's Bay on the 19th of May 1795. He was thus altogether in South Africa for about twenty months, at the period immediately preceding the first British occupation. His official position, combining with his being an intimate friend of the Commissioner Sluisken, gave him a thorough knowledge of the events then taking place in the colony. Several short tours afforded him opportunities of observing the country and people, and his marriage with a Cape lady must have added to the interest which he took in the colony. In the form of a series of well written and lively letters addressed to a friend, Captain De Jong has placed on record his observations of this country and its people. He describes in a graphic manner the inhabitants of Cape Town in 1792. This German edition has a very important appendix which is not in the Dutch. This deals with George Schmidt and the Baviaans Kloof Mission from 1736 - 44.'

Details:

  • Publisher: Hoffmann
  • Publisher Place: Hamburg
  • Date of Publication: 1803
  • Edition: First German edition
  • Binding Condition: Poor
  • Overall Condition: Fair
  • Size: 8vo (215 x 130 mm)
  • Lot No: 177
  • Hammer Price: $300
  • Bids: 1
  • Visits: 64
  • Estimate: $500/600
  • Reserve: $300

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