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Travel Journals (and some letters) South Africa and Namibia/Botswana, 1838-1856
Wahlberg (Johan August).
Description:
Wahlberg (Johan August). Travel Journals (and some letters) South Africa and Namibia/Botswana, 1838-1856. Introduced and Edited By Adrian Craigand Chris Hummel with Cartography By Oakley West. Translated from the Swedish By Michael Roberts.. Cape Town: Van Riebeeck Society, 1994.
First. 8vo., xxx,249+pp.; with coloured frontispiece and maps; brown cloth gilt with pictorial dust-wrapper. Good.
"This volume gives a full account of the journeys of the Swedish naturalist, Johan August Wahlberg in the years between 1838 and 1856 in pursuit of scientific specimens in the interior of southern Africa, particularly Natal-Zululand, the Transvaal and Namibia-Botswana. As such it fills a gap; to have a Swedish perspective on southern Africa at that time ..." Preface.
Details:
- Publisher: Van Riebeeck Society
- Publisher Place: Cape Town
- Date of Publication: 1994
- Edition: First
- Overall Condition: Good
- Size: 8vo
- Lot No: 417
- Hammer Price: $20
- Bids: 1
- Visits: 18
- Estimate: $30/40
- Reserve: $20
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