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McKIERNAN, Gerald. - The narrative and journal of Gerald McKiernan in South West Africa 1874-1879. Edited, with introduction & notes by P. Serton.

Title: The narrative and journal of Gerald McKiernan in South West Africa 1874-1879. Edited, with introduction & notes by P. Serton.
Description: Cape Town, 1954 Cloth. With folding map and plates. 193 pp. Van Riebeeck Society, first series, 35.- Gerald McKiernan was an American trader, operating in South West Africa in the last decade before German colonial rule. The manuscript consists of a narrative of 5 years' travel in Africa, from 1875 to 1879, and a diary which he kept from 1877 to 1879. The author travelled widely, probably reaching well into Angola.

Keywords: Africa Riebeeck Society South Africa

Price: EUR 27.50 = appr. US$ 29.89 Seller: Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books (NVvA/ILAB)
- Book number: 32777