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Into the Hitherto Unknown: Ensign Beutler's Expedition to the Eastern Cape, 1752

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Description:In February 1751 Rijk Tulbagh became Governor of the Dutch colony at the Cape. One of the first things he did after he became Governor was to appoint an expedition “to obtain a thorough knowledge of the hitherto unknown condition of these interior lands and peoples”. The expedition, under the command of Ensign August Frederik Beutler, comprising of 71 persons, was exhorted to gather all possible information on the country’s natural resources, commercial potential, as well as the customs and attitudes of its indigenous peoples. They left the Castle at the end of February 1752 with instructions to follow the well-established route to the vicinity of Mossel Bay and from there “through the most suitable places.”On 29 February 1752, the official journal of the DEIC’s settlement at the Cape recorded that ‘the detachment under Ensign Beutler … which camped behind the Castle for about eight days, went on the march this morning.’Just over 8 months later, on 6 November 1752, it noted, ‘Ensign Beutler has returned to this Castle with the rest of the detachment that was sent inland with him. Although the principal objective with which the men were sent out was missed due to unforeseen circumstances, it has been of some profit in view of other matters dealt with in more detail in the journal that was kept.’We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Into the Hitherto Unknown: Ensign Beutler's Expedition to the Eastern Cape, 1752. To get started finding Into the Hitherto Unknown: Ensign Beutler's Expedition to the Eastern Cape, 1752, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Publisher: Van Riebeeck Society

Release: 2013

ISBN: 0981426441

Description: In February 1751 Rijk Tulbagh became Governor of the Dutch colony at the Cape. One of the first things he did after he became Governor was to appoint an expedition “to obtain a thorough knowledge of the hitherto unknown condition of these interior lands and peoples”. The expedition, under the command of Ensign August Frederik Beutler, comprising of 71 persons, was exhorted to gather all possible information on the country’s natural resources, commercial potential, as well as the customs and attitudes of its indigenous peoples. They left the Castle at the end of February 1752 with instructions to follow the well-established route to the vicinity of Mossel Bay and from there “through the most suitable places.”On 29 February 1752, the official journal of the DEIC’s settlement at the Cape recorded that ‘the detachment under Ensign Beutler … which camped behind the Castle for about eight days, went on the march this morning.’Just over 8 months later, on 6 November 1752, it noted, ‘Ensign Beutler has returned to this Castle with the rest of the detachment that was sent inland with him. Although the principal objective with which the men were sent out was missed due to unforeseen circumstances, it has been of some profit in view of other matters dealt with in more detail in the journal that was kept.’We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Into the Hitherto Unknown: Ensign Beutler's Expedition to the Eastern Cape, 1752. To get started finding Into the Hitherto Unknown: Ensign Beutler's Expedition to the Eastern Cape, 1752, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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