Author: Ross, Graham.
Title: The Romance of Cape Mountain Passes.
Description: David Philip. Cape Town 2003. 2nd impression. Published to mark the Centenary of the founding of South African Institution of Civil Engineering 1903-2003. Green cloth boards, 2524pp illustrated colour & sepia photographs, maps. 4to 0.8kg. No inscriptions, 4 square corners. lower front edge bumped near to spine, overall a VG++ copy in matching dustwrapper (rubbed to rear but no chips, tears, or loss). An attractive copy "There are more than 490 mountain passes in the Western, Northern, and Eastern Cape, many of them more than a century old and the product of considerable engineering feats. They provide ways through and over the natural barriers in the area ... They also pass through spectacular natural scenery and in themselves are objects of great beauty and ingenuity". This selection covers about fifty of the most significant and well known passes. Includes a list of the 490 passes mentioned.

Keywords: south southern africa african western cape civil engineering western cape road making


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