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