Nieuwe Caert Van De Kaap Der Goede Hoop
The title translated from the Dutch, reads “New Map of the Cape of Good Hope showing Certain Farms in possession of the Huguenots in the Table Valley, Fransche Hoek, Stellenbosch, Drakenstein, Pearl, Wagenmakers Valley, Daljosaphat and the Land of Waveren.” This legend is framed in a cartouche surmounted by a shield bearing the Huguenot emblem flanked by two herald angels with, below, an allegorical figure with anchor and cornucopia signifying Hope and Abundance. The cartouche is further embellished with wild animals, vines and grapes. At lower left is a view of Table Bay as seen from the anchorage – a common feature of old maps – and on the right a group of refugees, officials and aboriginals set against the background of the Simonsberg and an old Cape manor house, at present the Huguenot museum in Paarl.
At the top centre and on the right are the armorial shields of a number of well known Cape Huguenot families with lists of names. Next to each name on the right are one or more numbers and dates; these numbers correspond to the numbers of the farms on the map and the dates indicate the year in which the farms were allocated. 0n the left are the names of other Huguenots with an indication of their calling or profession as well as a list of land grants in places outside the borders of the map. On the map there are also a number of “unnumbered” farms which are, or were at some period, in possession of Huguenots or their descendants. On the sea are representations of ships with the names of the 14 vessels known to have carried refugees to the Cape.
