First edition.
Eight pages with fold-out map at rear of the Cape Colony.
Booklet supplements a lecture delivered on the 31st of March 1916, at the quarterly meeting of the Mountain Club.
Written by C Graham Botha of the Cape Archives Botha who served during the Anglo-Boer War and World War I. Botha worked part-time in the Colonial Archives, and moved there permanently in 1912. He was head of the Cape Archives Depot from 1912 until 1944. He was also the first Chief Archivist of South Africa from 1919 to 1944. As such, he drafted the Public Archives Act 1922, for which he has been called 'the father of the South African archives.
Condition: Very good. No stains or damage. Stapled binding in good order.
Published by the Cape Times Ltd Cape Town in 1916.
Sources: Wikipedia
- Jacket Condition: Very good
- Binding Condition: Very good
- Overall Condition: Very good
- Size: 21x 14 cm
