South African Colonies. Cape Colony Handbook. With Map.

£250 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

Rare; OCLC lists only one copy in libraries worldwide. The Emigrants’ Information Office “has been established under the supervision of the Colonial Office for the purpose of supplying intending emigrants with useful and trustworthy information respecting emigration to the British Colonies” (from the font wrapper). The Office regularly issued these handbooks for various British colonies. The present handbook has an interesting disclaimer: “No pains are spared to make the information as correct as possible (…)”.

• Year: 1889

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