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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Kirby (P.R.)

JACOB VAN REENEN AND THE GROSVENOR EXPEDITION OF 1790-1791

Published: Witwatersrand University Press, Johannesburg, 1958

Edition: First edition

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142 pages, frontispiece, 2 folding maps, 7 illustrations, blue cloth boards, foxing mainly on the page edges and on the dust jacket, a good copy.

 Editor's note.'In 1782 the East Indiaman the Grosvenor was wrecked off the Natal Coast. A search was made for survivors but none was found. Rumours, however, persisted that there were, in fact, survivors living among the Kaffirs and in 1790 an expedition was raised to search for them. Professor Kirby gives an account of this expedition; who planned it and why; who joined the party, etc. He gives the Dutch text and the English translation of Van Reenan's Journal kept during the expedition.'

  • Overall Condition: A good copy
  • Size: 8vo (220 x150mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
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  • Country: South Africa
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