Manuscrit du XIXème siècle de 23 pages intitulé : Cap de Bonne Espérance. 1er cahier

Complete anonymous manuscript of 23 pages (plus title page and table), from the first half of the 19th century, entitled: Cap de Bonne Espérance. 1er cahier.

Our manuscript is presented in a navy blue half shagreen folder, marbled paper boards, housed in a slipcase edged with navy blue shagreen, marbled paper boards.

An account of a stopover at the Cape, a city under British rule, which, according to the anonymous author, retains many traces of its Dutch past.

Description of the town, its geographical setting, its buildings, churches and houses, whose cleanliness contrasts with the dirt and the smell of meat prevailing in most of the streets.

This is followed by the narrative of an excursion in the surrounding area, to Constance, where the author appreciates the wine of the proprietors he visits, and then of the ascent of the famous Table Mountain overlooking the Cape.