TRAVELS IN SOUTH AFRICA; undertaken at the request of the Missionary Society.
Flagg and Gould. 1816 Andover, 398pp, frontis, 6 plates, fold-out map. Bound in half contemporary acid-washed leather with marbled boards. Gilt titling to spine; mild rubbing and wear to binding. Item #007721
John Campbell (1766-1840), Scottish missionary and explorer, arrived at the Cape in 1812. He inspected the settlements of the London Missionary Society and returned to England with his reports of the colony and its hinterland in 1814. Campbell was accompanied by his friend Mr. George Thom and they embarked on the four month journey to the Cape. Campbell toured the country, meeting not only the natives, but the Boer settlers, of whom he a had a very poor opinion. Near Graaf-Reinet, the party met the celebrated traveler/explorer, Burchell and later on they journeyed through the Snewburg and "Bushmen s Country" until they reached Klaar Water, from which place they pushed on for Lattakoo where they made the acquaintance of the king, "Mateebe", and there is an interesting account of the King and his people. Much information with regard to past events involving the party of Dr. Cowan massacred years earlier and the countries beyond Lattakoo was obtained from the King. Campbell made contact with several tribes previously unreached and named many rivers, villages, mountains, lakes and other topographical features. Appendix of prayers in native languages, short glossary, a list of population and land holdings of the tribes.
Price: $300.00