Author: Thompson, George. (Ed. Vernon S. Forbes).
Title: Travels and Adventures in Southern Africa. 3 Parts in 2 Volumes. "Eight Years a Resident at the Cape. . . . "
Description: Van Riebeeck Society First Series Nos. 48, 49. Cape Town 1967 & 1968. 1st editions thus. Reprint of the 1827 Henry Colburn edition. Unnumbered edition of maybe 1750. Original grey-green cloth boards. 187pp 277pp illustrated 8vo. Set 1.0kg. Not a facsimile edition, reset with extensive notes. This VRS edition contains the extensive appendices, illustrations and folding maps of the original. No inscriptions, square corners all around, a very clean set. VG+ condition, unmarked contents. " .... Comprising A View Of The Present State Of The Cape Colony, With Observations On The Progress And Prospects Of The British Emigrants". George Thompson, who arrived in the Cape about 1818, was a successful merchant in Cape Town. He married a Dutch woman and travelled widely in southern Africa in the early years of the 19th century. Much of this travelling was to expand the business of his company amongst the 1820 settlers of the Eastern Cape. He also travelled up to Kuruman and across to the Augrabies Falls on the Orange River. Part 1. Excursion To The Eastern Frontier Of The Colony, And To The Country Of The Bechuanas. Part 2. Excursion To The Country Of The Bushmen, Korannas, And Namaquas, &c. Part 3. Observations On The Present Condition Of The Dutch And English Inhabitants; On The Adaptation Of The Country For Further Colonization; And On Its Agricultural And Commercial Capabilities.

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