Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material / S. Huigen -- Chapter One. Wagon Routes: An Introduction / S. Huigen -- Chapter Two. Peter Kolb’S Defence Of The \'Hottentots\' (1719) / S. Huigen -- Chapter Three. Expeditions From Fort Lijdsaamheijd: The Voc And The Geography Of Southern Africa In The Beginning Of The Eighteenth Century / S. Huigen -- Chapter Four. Trade And Science: Reports Of The Voc Expedition By Hendrik Hop From 1761–1762 / S. Huigen -- Chapter Five. Xhosa And Khoikhoi \'Households\': Representations Of Inhabitants Of Southern Africa In The Gordon Atlas / S. Huigen -- Chapter Six. The Adventures Of A Surinamese Frenchman In South Africa: The Travel Accounts Of Francois Le Vaillant / S. Huigen -- Chapter Seven. A ‘Black Legend’ Of Dutch Colonialism In The Travels (1801–1804) Of John Barrow / S. Huigen -- Chapter Eight. Batavian Colonial Politics And Travel Accounts About South Africa / S. Huigen -- Chapter Nine. The First Ethnographic Monograph: De Kaffers Aan De Zuidkust Van Afrika (1810) / Lodewyk Alberti -- Chapter Ten. Conclusion: Knowledge And Colonialism / S. Huigen -- Annex One. Independent Editions And Translations Of Peter Kolb’S Capvt Bonae Spei Hodiernvm In The Eighteenth Century / S. Huigen -- Annex Two. Structure Of The Nieuwste En Beknopte Beschryving Van De Kaap Der Goede-Hope / S. Huigen -- Sources And Bibliography / S. Huigen -- Index / S. Huigen -- Illustration Section / S. Huigen.

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The establishment of a settlement at the Cape of Good Hope in the seventeenth century and an expansion of the sphere of colonial influence in the eighteenth century made South Africa the only part of sub-Saharan Africa where Europeans could travel with relative ease deep into the interior. As a result individuals with scientific interests in Africa came to the Cape. This book examines writings and drawings of scientifically educated travellers, particularly in the field of ethnography, against the background of commercial and administrative discourses on the Cape. It is argued that the scientific travellers benefited more from their relationship with the colonial order than the other way around.