History and Ethnography of Africa South of the Zambesi, from the Settlement of the Portuguese at Sofala in September 1505 to the Conquest of the Cape Colony by the British in September 1795

A detailed history of South Africa as a Portuguese and Dutch colony, from 1505–1795, first published in 1907.

George McCall Theal (Author)

9781108023344, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 2 December 2010

534 pages, 3 maps
22.9 x 15.2 x 3.3 cm, 0.94 kg

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. These volumes provide valuable details on the administration of the Dutch colony, and reveal contemporary attitudes to the ideas of history and colonisation. These volumes are reissued from the expanded 1910 edition. Volume 3 covers the years 1745–1795.

44. Hendrik Swellengrebel, Governor, continued
45. Ryk Tulbagh, Governor, assumed office 27th February 1751, died 11th August 1771
46. Ryk Tulbagh, Governor, continued
47. History of the Xosa tribe
48. Joachim van Plettenberg, Fiscal and Secunde, acting Governor, 12th August 1771 to 18th May 1774
Governor, installed 18th May 1774, retired 14th February 1785
49. Joachim van Plettenberg, Governor, continued
50. Joachim van Plettenberg, Governor, continued
51. Cornelis Jacob van de Graaff, Governor, installed 14th February 1785, left South Africa 24th June 1791
52. Johan Isaac Rhenius, Secunde, acting Governor, 24th June 1791 to 3rd July 1792. Sebastiaan Cornelis Nederburgh and Simon Hendrik Frykenius, Commissioners-General, 3rd July 1792 to 2nd September 1793
53. Sebastiaan Cornelis Nederburgh and Simon Hendrik Frykenius, Commissioners-General, continued
54. Abraham Josias Sluysken, Commissioner-General, from September 1793 to 16th September 1795
55. Abraham Josias Sluysken, Commissioner-General, continued
56. Condition of the Europeans in the Cape Colony at the time of the English conquest
57. Condition of the Europeans in the Cape Colony at the time of the English conquest continued
58. Events in Portuguese South Africa during the eighteenth century
59. History of the Korana clans and the Betshuana tribes during the eighteenth century
Notes on books
Index.

Subject Areas: African history [HBJH]