File:Land contract Fredericks-Luederitz, 25 August 1883.jpg

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Land contract Fredericks-Lüderitz in German South West Africa, 25 August 1883

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English: The contract by which Adolf Lüderitz on 25 August 1883 bought the first land of what would become the German colony South West Africa. The document is written in Old-Dutch language (see transcription below).
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Own work; merge of File:Contract Frederiks-Vogelsang 1883 p1.jpg and File:Contract Frederiks-Vogelsang 1883 p2.jpg
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1st page, 2nd page
Author Wickey
Transcription:
1st page
     
Abschrift
ad II. 38697/83
Verkoop-Contract
tüsschen Kapt. Joseph Frederics van Bethanie
Groot-Namaqualand en F.A.E. Lüderitz te
Bremen in Duitschland.
―
Op den huidigen dag, den 25 Augustus
1883 (vijf en twintigsten Augustus een duizend
acht honderd drie en tachtig) heeft Kapt.
Joseph Frederics van Bethanie een gedeelte
zijns lands, namelijk de geheele kust van
de Groot- of Orange-rivier af tot den zes en
twintigsten graad zuider breedte met inbe-
grip van alle havens in baaien, mitsgaders
het land tot twintig geograph'sche mijlen
landwaards, van elken punt der Kust uit-
berekend - aan de Firma F.A.E. Lüderitz
te Bremen in Duitschland, tegen 60 (zestig)
Wesley-Richard geweren, en 500£ (vijf
honderd
2nd page
 
honderd Pond in goud) verkocht en afgegeven.
Door de onderteekening des Verkoopers, verklaart
dezelve te gelyker tijd het boven bekustend lands-
gedeelte afgegeven, als ook de 60 (zestig) Wesley-
Richard geweren en 500£ (vijf honderd Pond in
goud) ontvangen te hebben.
De Kooper van zijne zijde, verklaart door zijne
handteekening te gelijker tijd de inbezitneming
van het gekoopte land, als ook de overlevering
der 60 (zestig) Wesley-Richard geweren en 500£
(vijf honderd pond in goud).
Bethanie d. 25 Augustus 1883.
x 
 Joseph Fredricks Kapitain Als getuigen:
(gez)
 F.A.E. Lüderitz
(gez)
 Jet Bam, Rk. Miss
Heinr. Vogelsang
„  
 C.A.E. von Pestalozzi
Atty.
x 
 Adam Lambert
x 
 Ruben Fredricks
x 
 Jaftha Mattys
(gez)
 Daniel Fredricks
x 
 J. Christian Goliath
x 
 A. de Jongh

Original description by Koloniales Bildarchiv:
 N.B. The Koloniales Bildarchiv wrongly mentions the year 1889, instead of 1883 

Standort:		     StuUB 
Bildnummer:		060-0951-01  
CD-Code:		CD/7201/3261/2288/7201_3261_2288_0004    
Text auf dem Bild:	Abschrift. Verkoop Contract tusschen Kapt. Joseph Frederics van Bethanien Groot-Namaqualand 
                        en F.A.E. Lüderitz te Bremen in Duitschland....Bethanien d. 25 Augustus 1889 
Text auf der Hülle:	Seite 1 der Abschrift    
Format Bildträger:	Kleinbild   
formale Bemerkung:	- 
Entstehungsjahr:	- 
Entstehungsjahr Vorl.:  1889 
Photograph:		- 
Region:		        /Afrika, Deutsch Afrika, DSWA /Afrika, Südafrika, Namibia, Bethanien /
                        Europa, Mitteleuropa, Deutschland  
Völker:                 - 
Sachgruppe:  	        /Geschichte_Politik, Besitznahme, Vertragsabschluß /
                        Geschichte_Politik, Hist.Hilfswiss., Quelle , Vertrag    
Schlagwort:             -
betroffene Person:      ; Joseph_Frederik; Lüderitz,_Franz_Adolf_Eduard_(1834-1886); Vogelsang,_Heinrich 
Kommentar Inhalt:       -
Infos zum Inhalt:       Texte/KeineInfos.htm
Bildbeschreibung:       -

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