Travels in South Africa

Author - John Campbell

Publisher - C. Struik (Pty) Ltd; 1974, Facsimile edition.

A good hardcover book with a very good dustjacket.

Africana Collectanea series Volume XLVII; Limited edition #482 of 1000.

Dustjacket is not clipped, has a little edge wear, no paperloss, now in loose protective plastic overwrap.

Offset to ends. Ownership signature to front end-paper. Some light spotting to edges.

Some occasional neat underlining in ink, to the text.

'A facsimile copy of the third edition 1815 , corrected.'

Pages xv + 400 with index following. Many plates and one fold-out map all present.

"When Dr JT van der Kemp died in 1811, there were 12 missions of the London Missionary Society in South Africa scattered along the coast from Namaqualand in the west to Algoa Bay in the east as well as north of the Orange River. The Rev John Campbell was instructed by the Directors of the Mission Society in London to visit South Africa and personally inspect the different settlements. Over a period of 17 months, from his arrival in 1812, this man with his pleasant disposition and keen interest in everything, recorded much interesting information on matters outside the missionary field." 

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