[BOOK][B] The journals of Brink and Rhenius

EE Mossop - 1947 - rhinoresourcecenter.com
The source of our knowledge of Capt. Hendrik Hop's Expedition into Great Namaqualand in
1761-2 is a contemporary manuscript copy of the Journal kept by Carol Frederik Brink, which
is catalogued K01. Arch. No. 4207 in the Hague Archives, where it was examined by the
present Editor. A photostatic copy was later obtained. The handwriting resembles that of
Brink but in an unusually ornate style. It is certified as Copia Authenticq. The circumstances
under which it was sent to Holland are mentioned briefly on page 82.'The research entailed …