The commissions of W.C. Palgrave. Special emissary to South West Africa 1876-1885.

PALGRAVE, William Coates.

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Cape Town, 1990. Cloth, with dust-jacket. With illustrations. XXXIV,441pp. Van Riebeeck Society, 2nd series, 21. - William Coates Palgrave (1833-1897) was active in South West Africa (Namibia) over a period of 25 years. As Special Commissioner to Hereroland and Namaland, he undertook 5 consecutive commissions to that country on behalf of the Cape government. This volume, containing the official journals, or minutes and reports produced during the commissions, records the life of a country on the brink of colonisation.

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The commissions of W.C. Palgrave. Special emissary to South West Africa 1876-1885.
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PALGRAVE, William Coates.
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