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Date 1806

Subject Terms Africa, Southern -- Description and travel.

1. A voyage to Cochinchina, in the years 1792 and 1793 : containing a general view of the valuable productions and the political importance of this flourishing kingdom, and also of such European settlements as were visited on the voyage : with sketches of the manners, character and condition of their several inhabitants : to which is annexed an account of a journey made in the years 1801 and 1802 to the residence of the chief of the Booshuana nation, being the remotest point in the interior of Southern Africa to which Europeans have hitherto penetrated : the facts and descriptions taken from a manuscript journal, with a chart of the route / by John Barrow ...

A voyage to Cochinchina, in the years 1792 and 1793 : containing a general view of the valuable productions and the political importance of this flourishing kingdom, and also of such European settlements as were visited on the voyage : with sketches of the manners, character and condition of their several inhabitants : to which is annexed an account of a journey made in the years 1801 and 1802 to the residence of the chief of the Booshuana nation, being the remotest point in the interior of Southern Africa to which Europeans have hitherto penetrated : the facts and descriptions taken from a manuscript journal, with a chart of the route / by John Barrow ...

Creator:: Barrow, John, Sir, 1764–1848
Physical Description:: xvii, [2], 447, [1] p., [21] leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 31 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Travels into the interior of Southern Africa : in which are described the character and condition of the Dutch colonists of the Cape of Good Hope, and of the several tribes of natives beyond its limits : the natural history of such subjects as occurred in the animal, mineral and vegetable kingdoms : and the geography of the southern extremity of Africa : comprehending also a topographical and statistical sketch of the Cape Colony : with an inquiry into its importance as a naval and military station, as a commercial emporium : and as a territorial possession / by John Barrow, Esq. F.R.S ; author of "Travels in China", "Africa semper aliquid novi offert" ; in two volumes. Vol. I[-II]

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Creator:: Barrow, John, Sir, 1764–1848
Date:: 1806
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts