Contents "Introduction to the Resolutions of the Council of Policy of Cape of Good Hope"
Introduction
The Resolutions
Context: History of the Cape of Good Hope
Searches in the Resolutions
Resolutions of the Council of Policy
Example of a Council meeting
Structure of Council meeting minutes
Origin of the text
Language of the Resolutions
Glossary
Making the Resolutions available in printed format
Making the Resolutions available in digital format
Transcription and editing policy
Footnotes
Source guide
Main Sources
Printed sources
Dictionaries
Internet addresses
South Africa
The Netherlands and other places
Dictionaries
History of the Cape of Good Hope
A Portuguese discovers the sea route from Europe to India
The Cape and the establishment of the VOC
The Dutch and English together in Table Bay
A small Dutch fort in 1647
In 1651 the first Resolutions were recorded at sea
VOC governing structures at the Cape
The Council of Policy
Designations of functionaries
VOC Commanders and Governors of the Cape of Good Hope
Proclamations, regulations (statutes) and ordinances
Local government
Inhabitants of the Cape of Good Hope
Indigenous peoples
VOC officials
Freemen
Slaves
Prisoners and bandits
Political exiles and others
Place names in the Resolutions
The Cape of Good Hope
Place names of Khoi origin
Places named after members of the Council of Policy
A few place names from the East
Shipping along the Cape route
Expeditions to other regions of Southern Africa
Journeys mentioned in the Resolutions
VOC trading post/fort at Rio de la Goa , Mozambique (1720-1729)
British take-over of the Cape of Good Hope