Knowledge and Colonialism: Eighteenth-century Travellers in South Africa
Knowledge and Colonialism examines writings and drawings of eighteenth-century scientific travellers in South Africa against the background of administrative and commercial discourses. It is argued that these travellers benefited more from their relationship with the colonial order than the other wa...
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| Language: | English |
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Leiden
Brill
2009
BRILL |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Series: | Atlantic World |
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| ISBN: | 9004177434, 9789004177437 |
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Table of Contents:
- Intro -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- List of Illustrations -- Chapter One Wagon Routes: An Introduction -- Chapter Two Peter Kolb's Defence of the "Hottentots" (1719) -- Chapter Three Expeditions from Fort Lijdsaamheijd: The voc and the Geography of Southern Africa in the Beginning of the Eighteenth Century -- Chapter Four Trade and Science: Reports of the voc Expedition by Hendrik Hop from 1761-1762 -- Chapter Five Xhosa and Khoikhoi "Households": Representations of Inhabitants of Southern Africa in the Gordon Atlas -- Chapter Six The Adventures of a Surinamese Frenchman in South Africa: The Travel Accounts of Francois le Vaillant -- Chapter Seven A 'Black Legend' of Dutch Colonialism in the Travels (1801-1804) of John Barrow -- Chapter Eight Batavian Colonial Politics and Travel Accounts About South Africa -- Chapter Nine The First Ethnographic Monograph: De Kaffers aan de Zuidkust van Afrika (1810) by Lodewyk Alberti -- Chapter Ten Conclusion: Knowledge and Colonialism -- Annex One Independent Editions and Translations of Peter Kolb's Capvt Bonae Spei Hodiernvm in the Eighteenth Century -- Annex Two Structure of the Nieuwste en Beknopte Beschryving van de Kaap der Goede-Hope -- Sources and Bibliography -- Index -- Illustration Section