Account of Travels Into Interior of Southern Africa, in Years 1797 - Including Cursory Observations on Geology Geography of Southern Part

Klappentext An examination (published 1801 4) of the Cape Colony on its acquisition by Britain! by an explorer! writer and diplomat. Zusammenfassung English writer and explorer Sir John Barrow (1764–1848) spent 1797–8 exploring the recently acquired Cape Colony. His observations were published in two volumes, with the first appearing in 1801 and the second in 1804. Volume 2 examines the commercial and military advantages of the colony to Britain. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

Product details

• Authors: John Barrow, Barrow John
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.09.2011
• EAN: 9781108032780
• ISBN: 978-1-108-03278-0
• No. of pages: 506
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - African Studies; An Account of Travels into the Interior of Southern Africa, in the Years 1797 and 1798 2 Volume Set
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries, HISTORY / Africa / South / General, Geographical discovery & exploration, Southern Africa, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, African History, Geographical discovery and exploration, Classic Travel Writing, C 1700 To C 1800, TRAVEL / Africa / South / General