Anders Sparrman - Travels in the Cape - Van Riebeeck Society 1772 - 1776 - Volumes 1 & 2

Anders Sparrman - Travels in the Cape - Van Riebeeck Society 1772 - 1776 - Volumes 1 & 2

Anders Sparrman A Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope Towards the Antarctic Polar Circle Round the World and to Country of the Hottentots and the Caffres from the year 1172 - 1776

Author: Andrew Sparrman Edited by Prof. V S Forbes  

Publisher: Van Riebeeck Society  

Edition: Volumes 1 & 2 Second Series. Volume 1 No 6 1975. Volume 2 No 7 1977 

ISBN:0 620 02020 2

Language: English  

Condition: Good. Clean copies with tight binding. 

Binding: Hardcover     

Pages: Volume 1: 331. Print plus images and detailed map. Volume 2: 296. Print plus images and detailed map. 

Additional Information

The young Swede, Anders Sparrman (1748 1820), was the first traveler to give an extended and readable account of travels into the interior of the Cape, between 1772 and 1776. As a student of Linnaeus, he was particularly well qualified to explore the rich floral heritage of South Africa. Although he trod familiar paths, his fresh and lively comments offer valuable insights into life in Cape Town, into the flora and fauna of the interior and the indigenous people whom he encountered.

In the first volume (VRS Vol II-6) he traveled east to Mossel Bay, along the Langkloof Valley and into the Tsitsikamma forests. In the second volume of Sparrmans travels, Sparrman completed his journey through the eastern parts of the Cape, eventually reaching the Fish River. He became increasingly interested in the indigenous Khoi and Xhosa people whom he encountered, commenting extensively on their lives, and the volume includes Hottentot and Caffre vocabularies. Apart from its botanical and zoological value, Sparrmans work contributed significantly to our knowledge of eighteenth-century black society.

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