Cape of Good Hope and its dependencies. An accurate and truly interesting description . Likewise a luminous and affecting detail of Captain Stout s travels through the deserts of Caffraria and the christian settlements, to the Cape . Likewise a luminous and affecting detail of Captain Stout's travels through the deserts of Caffraria and the Christian settlements, to the Cape

Stout, Benjamin

Published by printed for Edwards and Knibb, 53, Newgate-Street, London, 1820

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First edition, 8vo, pp. xvi, 144; original blue paper-covered boards, tan paper shelfback, printed title on spine; boards somewhat soiled, spine toned, extremities rubbed, text clean; good an sound, or better. Later inscription on flyleaf, "Sir Matthew Nathan, from L. A. Barker." Nathan was colonial governor serving in Sierra Leone, Gold Coast, Hong Kong, Natal and Queensland. Contemporary signature on title page of "F. Cotton." "Issued with a view of affording information respecting the country reserved for the 1820 settlers, which the editor asserts is not to be found in other works of South Africa" (Mendelssohn). Most of the material appeared earlier in Narrative of the Loss of the Ship Hercules (1798) where Stout, encountering a gale which rendered the ship unmanageable, ran the ship ashore on the African coast. Remarkably, all the crew reached the shore safely, and the native Caffres were friendly and led the crew to Dutch settlements. Mendelssohn p. 445.

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• Title: Cape of Good Hope and its dependencies. An accurate and truly interesting description . Likewise a luminous and affecting detail of Captain Stout s travels through the deserts of Caffraria and the christian settlements, to the Cape . Likewise a luminous and affecting detail of Captain Stout's travels through the deserts of Caffraria and the Christian settlements, to the Cape
• Publisher: printed for Edwards and Knibb, 53, Newgate-Street, London
• Publication Date: 1820
• Edition: 1st Edition
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