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.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barrow, John, Sir, 1764-1848.

Contributor:

Barrow, John, Sir, 1764-1848, cartographer.

Stansbury, Arthur J. (Arthur Joseph), 1781-1865, cartographer.

Roberts, John, 1768-1803, engraver.

Series:

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 1842.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)--Description and travel.

Cape of Good Hope (South Africa).

South Africa--Description and travel.

South Africa.

Genre:

Travel literature.

Maps -- South Africa.

Publishers' advertisements -- New York (State) -- New York.

Physical Description:

4 unnumbered pages, 386 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered folded leaf of plates : illustrations, map ; 22 cm

Edition:

The first American, from the London quarto edition.

Other Title:

Travels into the interior of southern Africa.

Travels in southern Africa.

Place of Publication:

New-York: : Printed and sold by G.F. Hopkins, at Washington's Head, no. 118 Pearl-Street., 1802.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Notes:

Caption title: Travels into the interior of southern Africa.

Running title: Travels in southern Africa.

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.

The London edition, published 1801-1804, includes a second volume, not published in the American edition.

Last page blank.

Publisher's advertisement, p. [387].

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 1842).

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