Voyages to the East-Indies; by the late John Splinter Stavorinus, Esq.. The whole comprising a full and accurate account of all the present and late possessions of the Dutch in India, and at the Cape of Good Hope,

Author: Johan Splinter Stavorinus (1739-1788)Year: 1798Publisher: Printed for for G.G. and J. RobinsonPlace: LondonDescription: 3 volumes. [iv]+572 pages with two maps. 512 pages with map. 598 pages with map, appendix and index. Octavos (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in contemporary calf, rebacked with five raised spine bands with black labels in gilt lettering. Translated from the original Dutch, by Samuel Hull Wilcocke with notes and additions by the translator.(Cox I, p. 307; ESTC T100434; Mendelssohn II, p. 426) First edition in English. First published in Leiden in 1793. "This work affords an accurate and valuable account of the Cape in the last quarter of the eighteenth century, with an interesting description of Cape Town and its inhabitants. Stavorinus visited Stellenbosch, Hottentot Holland, Vergeleegen, Klapmuts, and other places of interest in the Colony, and contributes notes upon the position of the country farmers, whom he regarded as being superior in character and manners to