Cape of Good Hope and its Dependencies.

£550 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

Originally published in 1798 under the title Narrative of the Loss of the Ship Hercules, commanded by Captain Benjamin Stout c, c. and is reissued here. The work recounts the journey overland from the coast (between the Keiskama and Beka rivers) to Capetown. Both Teal and Mendelssohn take issue with the work’s title. Mendelssohn, pp445-6; Theal, p288.

• Year: 1820

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