Buch, Englisch, 542 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 756 g
Buch, Englisch, 542 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 756 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - African Studies
ISBN: 978-1-108-02332-0
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
George McCall Theal (1837–1919) was a prolific South African historian and civil servant. After working as a missionary between 1875–1880 he was appointed magistrate of Tamacha before taking a position as a clerk in the government and became Keeper of the Cape Colony Archives. He was appointed Colonial Historiographer in 1891. These volumes, first published in 1907, contain Theal's detailed history of South Africa between 1505–1795. Theal discusses the formation of the colony from the first Portuguese conquests, exploring the Dutch colonial establishment and administration. Theal also describes the societies of the various indigenous peoples of South Africa and their relations with the colonists. This volume provides valuable details on the administration of the Dutch colony, and reveals contemporary attitudes to the ideas of history and colonisation. These volumes are reissued from the expanded 1910 edition.
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- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historiographie
- Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Historische & Regionale Volkskunde
- Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Ethnographie
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte
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Preface; 1. The Bushmen; 2. The Hottentots; 3. The Bantu; 4. Description of the Bantu continued; 5. Description of the Bantu continued; 6. Specimens of Bantu folklore; 7. Description of the Bantu continued; 8. Arab and Persian settlements in south-eastern Africa; 9. Discovery of an ocean route to India; 10. Succeeding voyages and conquests; 11. Occupation of Sofala and Mozambique; 12. Intercourse of the Portuguese with the Bantu; 13. Disastrous expeditions under Barreto and Homem; 14. Events to the close of the sixteenth century; 15. Knowledge derived from shipwrecks; 16. Appearance of rivals in the eastern area; 17. Proceedings of the Dutch and English; 18. Fruitless search for silver mines; 19. Events of interest from 1628 to 1652; 20. Weakness of Portuguese rule in South Africa.
