Life & Travels in The Northwest 1850-1899 Namaqualand, Bushmanland, West Coast - Arne Schaefer Book

Title: Life and Travels in The Northwest 1850-1899 Namaqualand, Bushmanland,& West Coast by Arne Schaefer Softcover Book.
Author: Arne Schaefer.
Drawings By: Tony Grogan.
Type: Africana Travel Non-Fiction.
Edition: First Edition 2008.
Publisher: Yoshi Publishing, Cape Town.
Year First Published: 2008.
Format: Stiff boards cover book, with illustrations and 2 x fold out maps.
Printed By: Source Corporation.
Page Count: 260 pages.
Width: 16.0cm
Height: 22.0cm
Thickness: 2.2cm
Info: A new era started in 1850 in Namaqualand. The red gold, copper, started to flow from the underground veins in increasing streams, nourishing industry and economic growth. People flocked to this new Eldorado in the desert. These are the stories told by travellers, miners, a cleric, engineers, a transport rider, geologists, surveyors and a quirky magistrate - describing some incredibly harsh conditions of life and labour, the hazards of travel, the locals and their foibles, the conflicts, as well as some lighter moments of the half-century that followed. Many of the excerpts in the book have been taken almost verbatim from obscure sources not readily found by the interested casual visitor or reader, while others have been translated from German, Dutch and Afrikaans to make them more easily accessible. 
Condition: Very Good, all pages and binding intact, no loose pages. Some tanning front and end papers. Pages internally are very good.
Price: R 195.00 Inc Vat.