'Not Unlike Mermaids': A Report about the Human and Natural History of Southeast Africa from 1690

In 1690, on the orders of Simon van der Stel, officials of the Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC) interviewed one Nicolao Almede, a 'free black man of Mozambique' who had recently arrived at the Cape as a sailor aboard the English ship John and Mary. Almede informed his interlocutors a...

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Veröffentlicht in:Kronos. - Department of History and the Centre for Humanities Research at the University of the Western Cape. - (2015), 41, Seite 61-84
1. Verfasser: COOK, HAROLD J. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2015
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Kronos
Schlagworte:Economics Behavioral sciences Applied sciences Physical sciences Biological sciences Business
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