Cape Colony · Early European observer
The Present State of the Cape of Good Hope
Peter Kolbe, 1731
Summary
An early European account of the Cape of Good Hope and its Khoikhoi inhabitants, translated from the German original. One of the most detailed eighteenth-century descriptions of Khoikhoi society, customs, and beliefs — essential for the pre-colonial period, though requiring careful source criticism.
Topics
Cape Colony, Khoikhoi, Natural history, Early contact, Dutch period
Bibliographic Information
- Author
- Peter Kolbe
- Year
- 1731
- Language(s)
- English
- Period
- Cape Colony
- Perspective
- Early European observer
- Access
- Full view
Rights & Access
Full view; early 18th-century publication in public domain.