Guillaume Chenu de Chalezac, the French boy
Subtitle: the narrative of his experiences as a Huguenot refugee, as a castaway among the Xhosa, his rescue with the Stavenisse survivors by the Centaurus, his service at the Cape and return to Europe, 1686-9
By: edited by Randolph Vigne.
Contributors: Chenu de Chalezac, Guillaume, 1672-1731; Vigne, Randolph.
Series: Van Riebeeck Society ;; 2nd ser., no. 22; Van Riebeeck Society (Series) ;; 2nd ser., no. 22.
Publisher: Van Riebeeck Society
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Cape Town
Language: eng
Number of pages: 174
Subjects: Chenu de Chalezac, Guillaume, 1672-1731.; Xhosa (African people) -- Social life and customs -- Early works to 1800.; Voyages and travels -- Early works to 1800.; South Africa -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 160-166) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. The life of Guillaume Chenu de Chalezac; title: 2. The adventures of Guillaume Chenu de Chalezac in 1686-9; title: 3. The voyage of the Bawden, frigate, 1688-90; title: 4. Robert Everard's account of the voyage to India in the Bawden; title: 5. Evidence of the survivors of the Stavenisse, flute, wrecked south of the Bay of Natal, 1686; title: 6. Evidence of the survivors of the English ships Good Hope and Bonaventura, ketch, wrecked in the Bay of Natal, 1685, and St. Lucia Bay, 1686, respectively; title: 7. The eastbound voyage of the Centaurus, hooker, in 1687, with an account of the survivors of the Stavenisse among the Xhosa; title: 8. Two voyages of the Noord, galiot; title: 9. Account by Jan Willem de Grevenbrock of the experiences of the Stavenisse survivors and of Guillaume Chenu de Chalezac; title: 10. Account by Fr Marcel le Blanc S.J. of the capture of the French ships Le Coche and La Normande by the Dutch in Table Bay in 1689; title: 11. Letters between the commander, Simon van der Stel, and the Lords XVII, concerning the return of Guillaume Chenu de Chalezac.