Cape Colony · Early European observer
A Geographical and Topographical Description of the Cape of Good Hope
O.F. Mentzel, 1921 [c.1785]
Summary
Written in the 1780s by a German who spent years at the Cape, Mentzel's description covers every aspect of VOC Cape society — agriculture, trade, the slave population, Khoikhoi servants, and domestic arrangements — in encyclopaedic detail. Translated and published by the Van Riebeeck Society, it is the fullest account of VOC Cape society from an insider perspective.
Topics
Cape Colony, Dutch East India Company, Khoikhoi, VOC, Pre-colonial, Colonial society, Slavery
Bibliographic Information
- Author
- O.F. Mentzel
- Year
- 1921 [c.1785]
- Language(s)
- English, German
- Period
- Cape Colony
- Perspective
- Early European observer
- Access
- Full view