The Journal of Lady Jane Franklin at the Cape of Good Hope Nov 1836

Jane Franklin, The Journal of Lady Jane Franklin at the Cape of Good Hope, November 1836. Keeping up the Character. Edited, Annotated and Introduced by Brian and Nancy Warner. Cape Town: Friends of the S. A. Library, 1985.

Soft cover, card wraps, 76 pages.

Light soiling to the covers, tiny nick at tail of spine. Good to very good condition.

Jane Franklin (17911875) was a celebrated traveller and explorer. She was the second wife of renowned explorer Sir John Franklin. In 1836, her husband was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemens Land (Tasmania). When their ship called at the Cape in November that year, she took advantage of the time on shore to see as much of the Cape Peninsula as possible.