Georg Friedrich Wreede Explained

Georg Friedrich Wreede or Georgius Fredericius Wreede (died on 29 February 1672) was governor of Dutch Mauritius from 1665 to 1672, with a break between 1668-1669.

Wreede was born around 1635 in Uetze near Hannover, in Germany. In 1659 he arrived at Cape of Good Hope as an employee of the Dutch East India Company (Dutch; Flemish: Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie, commonly abbreviated to VOC). He had been a student in Philology in Helmstedt and within four years of his arrival he had written a compendium using the Greek alphabet on Khoikhoithen called Hottentotconsisting of sentences with Dutch translations.[1] The "list" was sent to Amsterdam, but never published and has disappeared.[2] [3] Possibly it was sent to Hiob Ludolf, who was a famous linguist, and in contact with Nicolaes Witsen. Christian Juncker published Ludolf's biography with a list of Hottentots-Latin words.[4]

In 1660 he took part in an expedition to the Olifants River.[5] In February 1665 he was sent by Zacharias Wagenaer on an expedition to look if Martin Vaz could be used by ships, and returned in May with charts.[6] The went on to Mauritius and Wreede was appointed by the captain as the new governor.[7] For three months the twelve men on the island had been without rice or brandy. In October 1668, the captain of the visiting using his discretion relieved Wreede of his duty following formal complaints by his men, and removed him from the island to be held accountable to the VOC for his actions. Dirk Jansz Smient was appointed to replace him.

Wreede was sent to Saldanha Bay where the French East India Company had planned a base, after leaving Madagascar.[8] On 6 June 1669 Georg Wreede took command of the post and brought with him a carpenter. They erected a VOC monogram on each of the five islands in Saldanha Bay. A month later Wreede was transferred.[9] In October 1669 he was back on the island Mauritius.[10] [11]

Wreede drowned in 1672 while sailing intoxicated.[12] He was eventually replaced by Hubert Hugo.

In 1688 Olfert Dapper probably used Wreede's observations but did not mention his source.[13] [14]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Hesseling, D.C. . Het Afrikaansch . The Afrikaans . 1899 . nl . 1st . 2020-03-01 . 22–26 .
  2. Commentary on 'Jan van Riebeeck and the Hottentots' . A. J. H. . Goodwin . The South African Archaeological Bulletin . 7 . 26 . 1952 . 86–91 . South African Archaeological Society . 10.2307/3887454 . 3887454 .
  3. Hans . den Besten . 161385081 . A badly harvested field: The growth of linguistic knowledge and the Dutch Cape colony until 1796 . 267–294 . The Dutch Trading Companies as Knowledge Networks . Siegfried . Huigen . Jan L. . de Jong . Elmer . Kolfin . 3 . Karl A.E. . Enenkel . IntersectionsInterdisciplinary Studies in Early Modern Culture . 14 . Leiden . Koninklijke Brill . 2010 . 10.1163/ej.9789004186590.i-448 . 9789004186590 .
  4. Book: Juncker, Christian . Commentarius De Vita, Scriptisque Ac Meritis Illustris Viri Iobi Ludolfi, Consiliarii Quondam Serenissimorum Saxoniae Ducum Intimi, Viri Per Eruditum Orbem Celeberrimi . Leipzig and Frankfurt . Braun . 1710 . la . 2020-03-01 . 635203142 .
  5. Web site: Opgeknapte gastehuis by Citrusdal-warmbron ingewy . Renovated guest house at Citrusdal hot spring . af . https://web.archive.org/web/20151126071734/http://152.111.1.87/argief/berigte/dieburger/1989/06/17/3/2.html . dead . 2015-11-26 . 2020-03-01 .
  6. Web site: Inventory of the archives of the Secretary, Council of Police, 16491795 . G. C. . de Wet . 2003 . Cape Town Archives Repository . 1 . 1 . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/20081119034627/http://databases.tanap.net/ead/html/CapeTown_1.1/pdf/CapeTown_1.1.pdf . 2008-11-19 . 2020-03-01 .
  7. Book: Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) Archives . Journal, 1662–1670 . Precis of the Archives of the Cape of Good Hope . H. C. V. . Leibbrandt . 14 . Cape Town . W. A. Richards & sons . 1901 .
  8. Book: Theal, George MacCall . History of South Africa Under the Administration of the Dutch East India Company, 1652 to 1795 . 1897 . 2nd . London . Swan Sonnenschein & Co . 2020-02-24 . 25939696 .
  9. Web site: Route 27 West Coast South Africa . Elmarie . Leonard . n.d. . Avril Brand, South Africa West Coast . Gabriel . Athiros . 2020-03-01 .
  10. Hume . Julian . Winters . Ria . Captive birds on Dutch Mauritius: bad-tempered parrots, warty pigeons and notes on other native animals . 2015-02-05 . 28 . 6 . 1–11 . Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology . 2020-03-01 . 10.1080/08912963.2015.1036750 . 84473440 .
  11. A South African Diary: Contested Identity, My Family – Our Story, Part A: Pre-1700 . Anthony . Turton . 2009 . 10.1.1.544.9959 .
  12. Book: Pitot, Albert . History . 11–70 . Allister . Macmillan . Mauritius Illustrated: Historical and Descriptive, Commercial and Industrial Facts, Figures, & Resources . New Delhi . Asian Educational Services . 1914 . 2000 . 47863322 . 9788120615083 .
  13. Web site: Recommended Reading Books of the Early Cape . 2011-01-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101212144118/http://ancestry24.com/recommended-reading-books-of-the-early-cape/ . 2010-12-12 .
  14. Book: Parkington, John E. . Past and Present in Hunter Gatherer Studies . Soaqua and Bushmen: Hunters and Robbers . Carmel . Schrire . Left Coast Press . Walnut Creek . Replaces cloth edition originally published in 1984 . 2009 . illustrated reprint . https://books.google.com/books?id=jRs9gWtxPHAC&pg=PA161 . 9781598744576 .

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