Carte Generale Du Royaume De France
The full title translated from the French, reads “General Map of the Kingdom of France, Showing Important Places during the Religious Wars of the XVI and XVII centuries, as well as the Names of Certain Huguenots who Fled from France and who Established themselves at the Cape of Good Hope. ”
This legend is framed in a cartouche depicting the Muses of History and Poetry paying tribute to the symbols of the Reformation, viz., the Huguenot cross, the seals of Calvin and Luther and the armorial shields of Henry of Navarre and Gaspard de Coligny.
At lower left is a representation of the statue by Coert Steynberg at the Huguenot monument at Franschhoek, flanked by the figures of Jean Calvin, Martin Luther, Henry IV, Jeanne d’Albret and Coligny.
0n the map itself are views of the Port of la Rochelle and of the church of St. Thomas and the Cathedral at Strasbourg. 0n the right, between the armorial shields is a list of the names of 72 of the founders of well known Cape families, the year in which each arrived, his place of origin in France and the present form of the surname.
