John Barrow

An Account of Travels Into the Interior of Southern Africa, in the Years 1797 and 1798

Including Cursory Observations on the Geology and Geography O

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Produktbeschreibung

An examination (published 1801 4) of the Cape Colony on its acquisition by Britain, by an explorer, writer and diplomat.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 506
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Mai 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 814g
• ISBN-13: 9781108032780
• ISBN-10: 1108032788
• Artikelnr.: 33873925

Inhaltsangabe

1. Preliminary subject
2. Military expedition to the Kaffer Frontier
3. Importance of the Cape of Good Hope, considered as a military station
4. Importance of the Cape of Good Hope, considered as a naval station
5. Importance of the Cape of Good Hope, considered in a commercial point of view, and as a depôt for the southern whale fishery
6. Topographical and statistical sketch of the Cape Settlement.