Andrew Steedman - Wanderings and Adventures in the Interior of Southern Africa - 1966
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Henry Lichtenstein - Travels in Southern Africa, In the Years 1803, 1804, 1805 and 1800. - 1812
Travels in Southern Africa,
In the Years, 1803, 1804, 1805 and 1806,
by Henry Lichtenstein.
Formarley in the Dutch service at the Cape of Good Hope.
Translated from the original German. by Anne Plumbtre.
London: Printed for Henry Colburn.
1812
Illustrated with a frontspiece portrait of Henry Lichtenstein and 4 other plates.
The book is divided into 3 main parts:
I - Journey through the Western and Northern parts of the Colony.
II - Journey from Roodezand te Zwellendam and along the Southern Coast to Algoa Bay.
III- Description of the Caffre Tribe of Koosaas, fragment from the Journal of General Janssens.
Our own Journey along the Borders of the Caffre Country tot Graaff-Reyneytt.
It is preceded by an introduction wich explains the reason for the journey, who was in the party and what they needed to take with them.
Lichtenstein travelled in Southern Africa between 1802 and 1806, His first journey, in the western and northern parts of the colony, took him to Saldanha Bay, the Bokkeveld and into the Great Karroo.
From there he visited Swellendam and travelled along the southern coast to Algoa Bay.
In this book he commented on the landscape wildlife, and people he encountered, with his observations on their cultures, economies, and languages.
Book is very nice rebound in leather-look cover. In good used condition. Some foxing.
Very rare and expansive book (only 2 copies on internet ca. €1000,- and ca. € 1650,-!)
My minimum price € 180,-
N. 84395101
Venduti
Henry Lichtenstein - Travels in Southern Africa, In the Years 1803, 1804, 1805 and 1800. - 1812
Travels in Southern Africa,
In the Years, 1803, 1804, 1805 and 1806,
by Henry Lichtenstein.
Formarley in the Dutch service at the Cape of Good Hope.
Translated from the original German. by Anne Plumbtre.
London: Printed for Henry Colburn.
1812
Illustrated with a frontspiece portrait of Henry Lichtenstein and 4 other plates.
The book is divided into 3 main parts:
I - Journey through the Western and Northern parts of the Colony.
II - Journey from Roodezand te Zwellendam and along the Southern Coast to Algoa Bay.
III- Description of the Caffre Tribe of Koosaas, fragment from the Journal of General Janssens.
Our own Journey along the Borders of the Caffre Country tot Graaff-Reyneytt.
It is preceded by an introduction wich explains the reason for the journey, who was in the party and what they needed to take with them.
Lichtenstein travelled in Southern Africa between 1802 and 1806, His first journey, in the western and northern parts of the colony, took him to Saldanha Bay, the Bokkeveld and into the Great Karroo.
From there he visited Swellendam and travelled along the southern coast to Algoa Bay.
In this book he commented on the landscape wildlife, and people he encountered, with his observations on their cultures, economies, and languages.
Book is very nice rebound in leather-look cover. In good used condition. Some foxing.
Very rare and expansive book (only 2 copies on internet ca. €1000,- and ca. € 1650,-!)
My minimum price € 180,-
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