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To the Cape of Good Hope and Beyond
To the Cape of Good Hope and Beyond
Travel Descriptions from South Africa, 1711-1938
At the end of the nineteenth century a group of prominent Dutch academics, politicians and businessmen founded the Netherlands-South African Society (NZAV) in order to promote cultural and economic relations between the two countries. It soon proved to be a success. Within twenty years, the NZAV had over six thousand paid-up members and grew to be the driving force behind the establishment and maintenance of (private) relations between the Netherlands and South Africa.
In 1905 the NZAV initiated the foundation of a South African Library in Amsterdam. It started quite modestly, with a collection of only about 800 titles. The library was primarily meant to be used by “those who want to acquaint themselves with African history” and contained rare volumes like the journals of Olfert Dapper (1668), Abraham Bogaert (1711), Peter Kolb (1727) and Nicolaas van Kampen (1828). Over the years, the collection grew rapidly as many NZAV-members bequeathed their private collections to the South African Library. In 1940, its collection consisted of more than 4.000 titles. Moreover, by this time its scope had considerably widened and now included many rare books on ethnography, missionary history and geography. Examples of books that were to be found here include Lucy Lloyd’s famous Specimens of Bushmen Folklore (1911) and Dorothea Bleek’s book on the Naron of the Kalahari (1928), as well as the Missionary Labours of Robert Moffat (1842) and J. du Plessis’ History of christian missions in South Africa (1911).
Today, the NZAV is still actively promoting the establishment and maintenance of cultural relations between the Netherlands and South Africa. Its Amsterdam library still attracts many students, scholars, journalists and researchers.
In order to make some of the most interesting titles of its library readily available to scholars all over the world, the NZAV recently decided to cooperate with IDC Publishers in reproducing these titles on microfiche. The cooperation has resulted in this collection of rare old books which will undoubtedly be of interest to many students of history, ethnography and historical geography.
Travel Descriptions from South Africa, 1711-1938
At the end of the nineteenth century a group of prominent Dutch academics, politicians and businessmen founded the Netherlands-South African Society (NZAV) in order to promote cultural and economic relations between the two countries. It soon proved to be a success. Within twenty years, the NZAV had over six thousand paid-up members and grew to be the driving force behind the establishment and maintenance of (private) relations between the Netherlands and South Africa.
In 1905 the NZAV initiated the foundation of a South African Library in Amsterdam. It started quite modestly, with a collection of only about 800 titles. The library was primarily meant to be used by “those who want to acquaint themselves with African history” and contained rare volumes like the journals of Olfert Dapper (1668), Abraham Bogaert (1711), Peter Kolb (1727) and Nicolaas van Kampen (1828). Over the years, the collection grew rapidly as many NZAV-members bequeathed their private collections to the South African Library. In 1940, its collection consisted of more than 4.000 titles. Moreover, by this time its scope had considerably widened and now included many rare books on ethnography, missionary history and geography. Examples of books that were to be found here include Lucy Lloyd’s famous Specimens of Bushmen Folklore (1911) and Dorothea Bleek’s book on the Naron of the Kalahari (1928), as well as the Missionary Labours of Robert Moffat (1842) and J. du Plessis’ History of christian missions in South Africa (1911).
Today, the NZAV is still actively promoting the establishment and maintenance of cultural relations between the Netherlands and South Africa. Its Amsterdam library still attracts many students, scholars, journalists and researchers.
In order to make some of the most interesting titles of its library readily available to scholars all over the world, the NZAV recently decided to cooperate with IDC Publishers in reproducing these titles on microfiche. The cooperation has resulted in this collection of rare old books which will undoubtedly be of interest to many students of history, ethnography and historical geography.