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 of 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 /
Sir John Barrow (1764-1848)
Category
Books
Date
1801 - 1804
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3155365
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v. (viii, 419, [1]; viii, 452 p., [10] folded leaves of plates) : maps ; 28 cm. 2 vols. bound in 1. Map tipped in facing p.[1] (v.1) loose. Pencil marking on pastedown: K K U [?] Inscription: "H Crewe" [i.e. Sir Henry Harpur, 7th Baronet (1763-1819), surname changed to Crewe, 1808]. Binding: early nineteenth-century tree calf; gilt on spine and board edges; gilt lettered spine-label: Barrow’s Travels in Africa.
Makers and roles
Sir John Barrow (1764-1848) Wood, James