An account of travels into the interior of southern Africa, in the years 1797 and 1798: :
including cursory observations on the geology and geography of the southern part of that continent; the natural history of such objects as occurred in the animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms; and sketches on the physical and moral characters of the various tribes of inhabitants surrounding the settlement of the Cape of Good Hope. : To which is annexed, a description of the present state, population and produce of that extensive colony; with a map, constructed entirely from actual observations, made in the course of the travels. /
By John Barrow, late secretary to the Earl of Macartney, and auditor-general of public accounts at the Cape of Good Hope.
Description
- Related Names
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Roberts, John, 1768-1803, engraver.
Stansbury, Arthur J. (Arthur Joseph), 1781-1865, cartographer.
Barrow, John, Sir, 1764-1848, cartographer.
- Language(s)
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English
- Published
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New-York: : Printed and sold by G.F. Hopkins, at Washington's Head, no. 118 Pearl-Street., 1802.
- Edition
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The first American, from the London quarto edition.
- Note
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Publisher's advertisement, p. [387].
Last page blank.
The London edition, published 1801-1804, includes a second volume, not published in the American edition.
Folded map has title: General chart of the colony of the Cape of Good Hope ... by John Barrow. Reduced for the first American edition by Authur [i.e., Arthur] Joseph Stansbury. Engd. by J. Roberts.
Running title: Travels in southern Africa.
Caption title: Travels into the interior of southern Africa.
Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
- Physical Description
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[4], 386, [2] p., [1] folded leaf of plates :
ill., map ;
22 cm.
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