Pioneer Travellers in South Africa - Vernon S Forbes - Exploration

The golden age of travel in the Cape was the half-century covered by this book. These travellers are August Frederik Beutler, Carl Peter Thurnberg, Francis Masson, Anders Sparrman, Hendrik Swellengrebel, William Paterson, Robert Jacob Gordon, Francois le Vaillant, Count Louis Marie Degrandpre and Sir John Barrow.

A Geographical commentary upon routes, records, observations and opinions of travellers at the Cape 1750-1800.     1965 first edition large hardcover with 177 pages in  good condition.  Dust jacket has wear around spine. Beutler, Thunberg, Sparrman, Swellengrebel, Paterson, Gordon, le Vaillant, barrow, Degrandpre.