Colonial rule · Colonial historian
History of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope
Alexander Wilmot and John Chase, 1869
Summary
One of the first comprehensive histories of the Cape Colony from a settler perspective, covering Dutch settlement through the 1860s. Wilmot and Chase drew on official records and living memory from participants in key events, making this a valuable source for the mid-colonial period despite its supersession by later scholarship.
Topics
Cape Colony, British Empire, Frontier Wars, Political history, Colonial history
Bibliographic Information
- Author
- Alexander Wilmot and John Chase
- Year
- 1869
- Language(s)
- English
- Period
- Colonial rule
- Perspective
- Colonial historian
- Access
- Full view