Notes on the Cape of Good Hope: Made During an Excursion in That Colony in the Year 1820

Edward Blount

ISBN 10: 0461480980 / ISBN 13: 9780461480986

Published by HardPress, 2021

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Notes on the Cape of Good Hope: Made During an Excursion in That Colony in the Year 1820
• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0461480980
• ISBN 13: 9780461480986
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Notes On The Cape Of Good Hope: Made During An Excursion In That Colony In The Year 1820 by Edward Blount. This travelogue documents Blount's 1820 journey through the Cape colony, describing Cape Town, Wynberg, Mossel Bay, Knysna, George Town, and surrounding regions. It blends observations on geography, climate, transport, and agriculture with reflections on colonial society, slavery, and governance. Blount contrasts Dutch and English agricultural practices, discusses the Boers, Hottentots, and African labour, and surveys timber resources, wine, produce, and emigration prospects. The narrative mingles practical travel details (costs, routes, ox-waggons) with moral commentary on slavery and civilization, and assesses the interior as well as coastal settlements. Included are notes on settlement schemes at Algoa Bay and Port Elizabeth, and a naval survey of coastal rivers. The tone is documentary and polemical, characteristic of early 19th?century travel writing about South Africa.