Tas (Adam) The Diary of ..., 1705 - 1706. Edited by Leo Fouché and revised by A.J. Böeseke. English translation by Dr. J. Smuts. , Cape Town: Van Riebeeck Society, 1970.

First Thus. 8vo., (viii),403pp. with parallel English and Dutch texts, with maps and illustrations (one folding); brown cloth gilt. A good copy. (Van Riebeeck Society Second Series No.1). Adam Tass was born in Holland but at the age of 29, in 1697, he left to join his aunt and her husband at Stellenbosch, in the Cape. He became secretary of the "Brotherhood" which viewed the VOC administration as corrupt and dictatorial. He was arrested and incarcerated for thirteen months in the Cape Town Castle for raising a petition against Van der Stel and sending it direct to Amsterdam. On his release he renamed his farm "Libertas". (Book ref. 03499)  £25.00

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