Thompson (George)

TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

[eight years a resident at the Cape: comprising a view of the present state of the Cape Colony, with observations on the progress and prospects of the British emigrants]

Published: Africana Connoisseurs Press, [Cape Town], 1962

Edition: Facsimile reprint

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xviii, 493, 15 pages: illustrations, frontispiece, portraits, plans (1 folding), tables, folding map. Quarto. Cloth with gilding. Number 218 of an edition limited to 510 copies. Originally published in 1827.


Thompson (1796-1889) came to the Cape aged twenty-two. He became a successful merchant able to afford to travel, which he did both around South Africa and further afield. See Mendelssohn, vol. 2, p. 494.

  • Binding Condition: Excellent
  • Overall Condition: Excellent
  • Size: 29 x 23 cm
  • Name: Select Books
  • Contact Person: David McLennan
  • Country: South Africa
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