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ZA UCT BC_S_BCS9
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CL Vidal.
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- 1827-1834 (Creation)
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Tagebcher ber seine Reisen nach Batavia... 1827-1834, p.p. 167-188.
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Vidal recounts his impression of Cape Town and surroundings, e.g. visits to Wynberg and Constantia and gives some idea of life at the Cape at the end of the 1820's. The public Library in the Commercial Exchange is briefly described.