Rélation d'un voyage en Afrique et en Amerique

Uittreksel

"An extremely rare travel account of a voyage in 1803 and 1804 in South Africa by Augusta Uitenhage de Mist, daughter of J.A. van Uitenhage de Mist. Because the Dutch East India Company ceased to exist after 1795, the Cape Colony was reverted by the English (who took the colony in 1795) to the Dutch government after the Piece of Amiens (between England and France in 1801). The government at the time sought advice on the newly recovered colonies, who where placed in their hands after the demise of the VOC. The newly appointed Council of Asian affairs advised to split the Cape Colony from the Dutch Indies. The man who was mostly responsible for that advice was J.A. van Uitenhage de Mist and as a result he was appointed to reorganize the government of the Colony and act as a liaison between the government and the newly appointed governor and to conduct an exploration of the interior of the Cape Colony. He took his daughter Augusta on that exploration of which this "Relation" is the account." -- Auction catalogue.