IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 279337 accession number: PB 152-2020 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Thursday 17 December 2020 updated: Monday 11 March 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Travels into the interior of Southern Africa, in the years 1797 and 1798 Volume 1 was issued with only one plate (a folded map), although some of the plates issued with vol. 2 (dated 1804) are sometimes bound into vol. 1. Half-title (vol. 1): "Travels into the interior of Southern Africa, in the years 1797 and 1798.". With one final page of advertisements in vol. 1. Old classmark: 624. Binding: sprinkled calf, g. rolled border; spine & board edges g.t., g. lettering on red & green spine labels; marbled e.p.; a.e. green. title: An account of travels into the interior of Southern Africa, in the years 1797 and 1798: : including cursory observations on the geology and geography of the southern part of that continent; the natural history of such objects as occurred in the animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms; and sketches of the physical and moral characters of the various tribes of inhabitants surrounding the settlement of the Cape of Good Hope. To which is annexed, a description of the present state, population, and produce of that extensive colony; with a map constructed entirely from actual observations made in the course of the travels. / By John Barrow, late secretary to the Earl of Macartney, and Auditor-General of Public Accounts, at the Cape of Good Hope.. NOTES ----- type: history note value: Provenance: Fitzwilliam, 1810. LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Manuscripts and Printed Books STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/279337 DATING ------ CREATORS -------- maker: Barrow, John, maker: Strahan, Andrew maker: Cadell, Thomas maker: Davies, William, maker: Fitzwilliam, Richard Fitzwilliam, DIMENSIONS ---------- value: 2 v ([10] folded leaves of plates) : maps, col maps ; 27cm (4to).