Dutch East Indian Company expedition into the interior

Updated: 30 Sep 2019

August Friedrich Beutler was employed by the Dutch East Indian Company to lead an exploration expedition into the Eastern Cape. Apart from valuable information gained from the interior during the eight months' long journey, the expedition found on this date survivors of the French ship Le Necessaire at the Gourits River, which had been on a mission to explore possibilities of a French settlement at the eastern shore of Southern Africa.

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01Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: Feite en Fratse oor 1000 Jaar
02Cape Town: Human & Rousseau.Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970).
03Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 2, p. 300.

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Dutch East Indian Company expedition into the interior. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0010859

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