History and Ethnography of Africa South of the Zambesi 1505-1795

by Theal, George McCall

• ISBN13: 9781108023320
• ISBN10: 1108023320
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-12-02
• Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr

Summary

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 2 covers the years 1652-1745.

Table of Contents

Preface

The Bushmen

The Hottentots

The Bantu

Description of the Bantu continued

Description of the Bantu continued

Specimens of Bantu folklore

Description of the Bantu continued

Arab and Persian settlements in south-eastern Africa

Discovery of an ocean route to India

Succeeding voyages and conquests

Occupation of Sofala and Mozambique

Intercourse of the Portuguese with the Bantu

Disastrous expeditions under Barreto and Homem

Events to the close of the sixteenth century

Knowledge derived from shipwrecks

Appearance of rivals in the eastern area

Proceedings of the Dutch and English

Fruitless search for silver mines

Events of interest from 1628 to 1652

Weakness of Portuguese rule in South Africa

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