Guillaume Chenu de Chalezac, the 'French boy'.

Guillaume Chenu de Chalezac, the 'French boy'.

The narrative of his experiences as a Huguenot refugee, as a castaway among the Xhosa, his rescue with the Stavenisse survivors by the Centaurus, his service at the Cape and return to Europe, 1686-9. Edited by Randolph Vigne. 

Hardcover,  ISBN 9780620175241
Publisher: Van Riebeeck Society, Cape Town, 1993
Van Riebeeck Society second series # 22, published 1993 for 1991.

Used - Very Good+. This book is in very good condition. The DJ has some very limited signs of wear and the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. The book is protected with a Cellophane cover. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied.

The worlds of the Huguenot diaspora, the great days of Indian Ocean trading, the Cape’s pivotal position in the struggle for mastery, and the awakening interest of the Dutch in the’Terra de Natal’form a many-layered basis to this first full account of the Xhosa and their way of life since European settlement in South Africa began.
The narrative of his experiences as a Huguenot refugee, as a castaway among the Xhosa, his rescue with the Stavenisse survivors by the Centaurus, his service at the Cape and return to Europe, 1686-9.

The 15-year-old 'French boy' was wrecked on he Ciskei coast in 1687 and spent a year living in the household of a Xhosa chief. The worlds of the Huguenot diaspora the great days of Indian Ocean trading the Cape's pivotal position in the struggle for mastery and the awakening interest of the Dutch in the 'Terra de Natal' form a many-layered basis to this first full account of the Xhosa and their way of life since European settlement in South Africa began.
Includes tipped in coloured frontispiece, 14 illustrations and 4 maps. This is volume 22 of the Second Series of the Van Riebeek Society.