Thompson (George)

TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES IN SOUTHERN AFRICA.

By George Thompson, Esq., 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: Henry Colburn, London, 1827

Edition: First edition

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First Edition: xviii + 493, aquatint frontispiece - a view of Cape Town, folding map, 2 folding plans of Graaff Reinet and Cape Town, double page aquatint view of Table Mountain from the Parade, 18 aquatint plates, 17 engraved vignettes, old half calf with marbled paper sides – the spine and sides have been heavily strengthened with unsightly brown tape. Apart from some light foxing and offsetting associated with plates and maps the contents are in very good condition. The map with the author’s route outlined in red is repaired with paper at the folds. 

Mendelssohn (Sydney) South African Bibliography, volume 2, pages 493-4, 'This valuable work was written by a Cape Town merchant who resided in South Africa for many years, and who travelled throughout the greater part of the Cape Colony and a considerable part of Bechuanaland "partly for the motive of business and partly for the impulse of curiosity." In 1823 and 1824 he proceeded to the Orange River and Bechuanaland and his account of these regions is recognised as the most important description of this part of the continent published in the early part of the nineteenth century. The third division of the work comprises a review of the condition "of the Dutch and British inhabitants, of the agricultural, commercial, and financial circumstances of the country and of its adaptation for further colonisation". 

  • Overall Condition: Fair
  • Size: 4to (278 x 220 mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
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  • Country: South Africa
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