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Writes of passages the Cape of Good Hope in late seventeenth-century narratives of travel to Asia
By: Launay, Robert.
Subject(s): Anthropology | Ancient World History In: Journal of Asian and African Studies 36(4)Summary: The last quarter of the seventeenth century witnessed the publication of a bevy of narratives of travel to India and to Southeast Asia. Many of these were very widely read, and they continued to be cited as authoriative source of knowledge throughout the entire eighteenth century. Very frequently, these narratives included accounts of the Cape of Good Hope, along with descriptions of the Khoi peoples, so-called "Hottentots", who lived there. These descriptions, while they have not entirely escaped the attention of scholars (especially South African), have largely been wrenched out to their original contexts. This paper will examine several French and English account-Tavernier's and Ovington's journeys to the Mughal court of India; Tachard's and La Loubere's mission to the king of Siam; and Dampier's voyage around the world-comparing the potrayal of Africans at the Cape to those of African described at greater lenght throughout these books.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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The last quarter of the seventeenth century witnessed the publication of a bevy of narratives of travel to India and to Southeast Asia. Many of these were very widely read, and they continued to be cited as authoriative source of knowledge throughout the entire eighteenth century. Very frequently, these narratives included accounts of the Cape of Good Hope, along with descriptions of the Khoi peoples, so-called "Hottentots", who lived there. These descriptions, while they have not entirely escaped the attention of scholars (especially South African), have largely been wrenched out to their original contexts. This paper will examine several French and English account-Tavernier's and Ovington's journeys to the Mughal court of India; Tachard's and La Loubere's mission to the king of Siam; and Dampier's voyage around the world-comparing the potrayal of Africans at the Cape to those of African described at greater lenght throughout these books.