Retoervloot
Subtitle: Kaapstad en die VOC in 1713
By: D. Sleigh
Edition: Eerste uitgawe.
Publisher: Tafelberg, 'n druknaam van NB-Uitgewers
Published: 2022
Place of publication: Kaapstad, [Suid-Afrika]
Language: afr
Number of pages: 415
ISBN-13: 9780624092520; 9780624092599
Subjects: History; Social life and customs; Manners and customs; Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie
Description: "It is 1713. Admiral Johannes van Steelant of the VOC is steering his Batavian fleet to safety in the Netherlands. His five children are on board the flagship. On the high seas, they fall ill - the dreaded smallpox. On 12 February, the Van Steelants come ashore in Cape Town. Some months later, roughly half the Cape⁰́₉s population lies dead of smallpox. In Retoervloot, VOC expert Dan Sleigh brings this tale, and the astounding trade fleet system of the VOC, to vivid life"--Provided by Publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.