Travels and Adventures in Southern Africa Vols 1&2 - Thompson, George

Hardback. English. The Van Riebeeck Society. 1967. In good condition. George Thompson, who arrived in the Cape about 1818, was a successful merchant in Cape Town. He married a Dutch woman and travelled widely in southern Africa in the early years of the 19th century. Much of this travelling was to expand the business of his company amongst the 1820 settlers of the Eastern Cape. He also travelled up to Kuruman and across to the Augrabies Falls on the Orange River. The second volume of Thompson's travels covers a journey to the