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A VOYAGE TO THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, TOWARDS THE ANTARCTIC POLAR CIRCLE, AND ROUND THE WORLD: But Chiefly into the Country of the Hottentots and Caffres, From the Year 1772, to 1776
by SPARRMAN, Andrew
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Light, scattered foxing, heaviest to title pages, each of which has the name "Commodore Elliot" in ink at the top; map with some
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About This Item
London: G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1786. Second Edition. Hardcover. Light, scattered foxing, heaviest to title pages, each of which has the name "Commodore Elliot" in ink at the top; map with some staining and several tears with no loss. Bindings firm but leather rubbed. Very Good. Two quarto (8" x 10") volumes bound in later half calf leather and boards with morocco spine labels: xxviii, 368; viii, 356 pages. Translated from the Swedish. Illustrated with a large folding map and 10 plates depicting South African scenes, natives, and geography. Sparrman, botanist and disciple of Linnaeus, traveled early in his adult life as a surgeon on a Royal Swedish East India Company ship to Canton via the Cape of Good Hope. He later accompanied Captain James Cook on his Second Voyage, as assistant to the naturalist Johann Georg Forster, recounted briefly in this work which is primarily an account of his 1775 expedition, considered to be the most trustworthy account of the Cape Colony and the various races of people residing in it to date. He made the first study of the Bushmen.
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- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021509
- Title
- A VOYAGE TO THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, TOWARDS THE ANTARCTIC POLAR CIRCLE, AND ROUND THE WORLD: But Chiefly into the Country of the Hottentots and Caffres, From the Year 1772, to 1776
- Author
- SPARRMAN, Andrew
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Light, scattered foxing, heaviest to title pages, each of which has the name "Commodore Elliot" in ink at the top; map with some
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- G. G. J. and J. Robinson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1786
- Keywords
- 18th Century, Travel, Africa, Bushmen, South Africa, Voyages
- Bookseller catalogs
- 18th Century; Travel; South Africa;
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Charles Agvent
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About the Seller
Charles Agvent
Biblio member since 2003
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
About Charles Agvent
We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
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- Quarto
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- Morocco
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- Spine
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