The reports of Chavonnes and his council
Subtitle: and of Van Imhoff, on the Cape.
By: With incidental correspondence.  With an introduction by the Right Hon. J. X. Merriman.
Contributors: Chavonnes, Maurits Pasques de, d. 1724.; Imhoff, Gustaaf Willem, Baron van, 1705-1750.
Series: Van Riebeeck society.  Publication 1
Publisher: The Van Riebeeck society
Published: 1918
Place of publication: Cape Town
Language: eng
Number of pages: 156
Subjects: Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- History -- Sources.
Notes: Dutch texts with English translations.
The reports of Chavonnes and his council were made in response to a request of the Council of seventeen of the Dutch East India company, contained in a letter dated June 24, 1716; the report of Van Imhoff, newly appointed governor general of the East Indies, was made in 1743 to Governor Swellengrebel for his instruction as to the conduct of the company's affairs at the Cape.