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THOMPSON, George.
Travels and Adventures in Southern Africa...
One of the most valuable works on South Africa published in the early nineteenth century, the present work was written by George Thompson, a British merchant living in Cape Town for many years as the representative of a British company. Between 1823 and 1824, he set out to explore the northeastern parts of the Cape colony, "partly from motives of business, partly from the impulse of curiosity" (Preface, p.viii), travelling to the Orange River and onwards to Kuruman. The account of these travels, "ghost-written by Thomas Pringle, provides valuable descriptions of the geography, history, and natural history" of the region (Howgego).
- Published
- London: H. Colburn, 1827.
- References
- Abbey Travel 329; Gay 3058; Gordon-Brown pp.26, 86, 98 vol IV pp.493-4; Bobins 1126.
- Plates
- 17
- Binding/Size
- M=4to
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- London: H. Colburn, 1827.
- Ref
- 5048
FIRST EDITION. Quarto, map of South Africa, plan of Cape Town and the Village of Graaff-Reinet, 20 coloured lithographed plates, and 17 woodcut illustrations set in text. Vignette chapter headers, double-page frontispiece. Many plates in 2 states; coloured and uncoloured. Modern morocco with ornate gilt tooling to boards, raised bands in gilt, gilt rule to compartments, inner dentelles in gilt, lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers. Card of 'James Thompson, Trinity Coll. Cambs (descendant?) to front pastedown. Protected by a black cloth slipcase. Coloured plates in order: 1. Frontispiece. View of Cape Town. 2. Thornhill, near Port Frances. 3. Grahams Town. 4. The Gnoo & Quagga. 5. Peclu (Bushman). 6. The Peetsho. 7. Teysho (Warrior). 8. Matclhapee Warrior & Woman. 9-10. View(s) in the Cango Cavern by torchlight. 11. Spring Bok and Koodoo. 12. Wild Dogs of South Africa. 13. Kamiesberg. 14. View of the Mansion of D. van Reenen Esq. 15. Newlands. 16. Commercial Exchange. 17. Table Bay in a Gale.
