Travels in Southern Africa in the years, 1803, 1804, 1805 and 1806
By: by Henry Lichtenstein ; translated from the original German by Anne Plumptre
Series: Harvard College Library preservation digitization program
Publisher: Printed for H. Colburn
Published: 1812
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Translated from: ger
Subjects: Description and travel
Description: "Lichtenstein arrived in Table Bay on 23 December 1802, employed as tutor to the son of the new Governor of the Cape Colony, General Janssens. The present work includes an account of Janssens' travels to Kaffaria, and of subsequent journeys to the western and northern parts of the colony, with much information on natural history, and a narrative of the capture of the colony by the British. ....Mendelssohn, I, 899 notes this work has much detail on governmental transition, including a severe dispute with Barrow about the Dutch, including a note about corrections to Barrow's map. Travel observations include topography and natural history" --abebooks website.
Notes: Translation of: Reisen im südlichen Africa, in den Jahren 1803, 1804, 1805 und 1806.

Includes bibliographical references and index.