Robert Jacob Gordon 1743-1795, the man and his travels at the Cape - Cullinan

Cape Town: Struik Winchester, 1992., 1992. 215 p.: ill., chiefly col., ports, maps. 4to. Cloth with gilding, d.w. & slip case. A comprehensive biography of Gordon. Examines in detail four of his journeys into the interior, relates his correspondence with the learned men of Europe and, finally, tells the story of his last tragic days when the Cape fell to the British. Gordon traveled further and undertook more journeys than any other eighteenth-century explorer in southern Africa. This is the first full length biography, in any language, of this remarkable soldier, scientist and explorer.  His observations of the animals he saw and anatomized, the topography of the countryside and its geology make absorbing reading. Large hardcover with dust jacket in slipcase and in very good condition. R40 postage in SA.