An Account of Travels into the Interior of Southern Africa, in the Years 1797 and 1798 2 Volume Set

Including Cursory Observations on the Geology and Geography of the Southern Part of that Continent
Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-1-108-03279-7
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Medienkombination, Englisch, 952 Seiten, Format (B × H): 233 mm x 155 mm, Gewicht: 1408 g

Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - African Studies

Sir John Barrow (1764–1848) was a distinguished British government servant whose diplomatic career took him to China and Africa, and who in forty years as Secretary to the Admiralty was responsible for promoting Arctic and Antarctic exploration, including the voyages of Sir John Ross, Sir William Parry, Sir James Clark Ross and Sir John Franklin. This account of his time in Southern Africa was published in 1801, with a second volume following in 1804. Barrow's exploration of the Cape Colony in 1797–8 coincided with the imposition of British control in 1795 on a former Dutch colony, making this work an important source about this transitional period. Volume 1 begins with the history of the Cape of Good Hope, and its natural features, climate and inhabitants. Volume 2 elaborates Barrow's belief that the Cape of Good Hope could serve the commercial interests of the growing British empire.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Barrow, John

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographische Entdeckungen und Erkundung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Volume 1: 1. A general view of the Colony of the Cape, and a more particular description of the promontory called the Cape of Good Hope; 2. Sketches on a journey from the Cape of Good Hope, across the Karroo, or Arid Desert, to the Drosdy of Graaff Reynet; 3. Sketches on a journey into the country of the Kaffers; 4. Sketches on a journey into the country of the Bosjesmans; 5. Sketches on a journey from Graaff Reynet along the sea-coast to the Cape; 6. Sketches on a journey into the country of the Namaaquas. Volume 2: 1. Preliminary subject; 2. Military expedition to the Kaffer Frontier; 3. Importance of the Cape of Good Hope, considered as a military station; 4. Importance of the Cape of Good Hope, considered as a naval station; 5. Importance of the Cape of Good Hope, considered in a commercial point of view, and as a depôt for the southern whale fishery; 6. Topographical and statistical sketch of the Cape Settlement.