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Title

Travels in the interior of southern Africa / by William J. Burchell, Esq.

Author

Burchell, William J. (William John), 1781-1863.

Publication

London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster Row, 1822-1824.

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Additional Authors

• Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, publisher.
• A. & R. Spottiswoode, printer.

Description

2 v. : ill., ports., map, plan, music; 29 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Subjects

• Khoikhoi (African people)
• San (African people)
• Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) > Description and travel
• Bookplates (Provenance)
• Khoisan (African people)
• Africa, Southern > Description and travel
• Natural history > South Africa
• Burchell, William J (William John), 1781-1863 > Travel > Africa

Genre/Form

Bookplates (Provenance)

Note

• With half-title pages in both volumes.
• Vol. 1 has "With an entirely new map, and numerous engravings" below author statement, and no volume designation; v. 2 has "Volume II. With numerous engravings." below author statement.
• "London: Printed by A. & R. Spottiswoode."--printer statement on verso of half-title pages, and colophons, in both vols.
• "Hints on emigration to the Cape of Good Hope, by the same author", p. [1]-4 at end of vol. 1. "The itinerary and register of the weather": vol. 1, p. [555]-573.
• Errata slip bound in v.1 following p. 282; errata p. [8] in 1st pagination sequence of v.2.
• Vol. 1: viii, [4], 582, 4 p., 11 leaves of plates (4 folded); v. 2: [8], 648 p., 10 leaves of plates (3 folded).
• Plates signed "Engraved after the original drawing by W.J. Burchell".
• Plates are hand-colored.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Indexed In (note)

• Mendelssohn, S. South African bibliography to the year 1925

Provenance (note)

• with the bookplate: The Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection, The New York Public Library Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations. This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Contents

• Vol. 1. Preface -- ch. 1. Approach to, and arrival at, the Cape of Good Hope -- ch. 2. Residence of Cape Town, and rambles in the vicinity -- ch. 3. A sketch of Cape Toen and the colony -- ch. 4. A ride through Hottentot-Holland to the Warm-bath at Zwarteberg -- ch. 5. Visit to Genadendal -- ch. 6. Ride from Genadendal to the hot-spring in Brand Valley, and visit to Tulbagh -- ch. 7. Ride from Tulbagh to the Paarl, and thence to Stellenbosch -- ch. 8. Residence at Cape Town, and preparations for the journey -- ch. 9. Journey from Cape Town to Tulbagh -- ch. 10. From Tulbagh, through Hex-river Kloof, to the Karro Poort -- ch. 11. Journey over the Karro -- ch. 12. Journey through the Roggeveld to the borders of the colony -- ch. 13. Journey from the borders of the Cape Colony, through the country of the Bushmen, to the river Gariep -- ch. 14. Journey in the country of the Koras, from the Gariep to the Asbetos [sic] mountains ; Stay at the Kloof village ; And arrival at Klaarwater -- ch. 15. Resident and transactions at Klaarwater, with some account of the settlement and its inhabitants -- ch. 16. Excursion from Klaarwater to the confluence of the Nu-gariep, and thence to the Ky-gariep -- ch. 17. Occurences on the banks of the Ky-gariep -- ch. 18. Return from the Ky-gariep to Klaarwater -- ch. 19. Residence and transactions at Klaarwater, till the end of the year -- ch. 20. Residence and transactions at Klaarwater, and preparations for resuming the journey into the interior -- ch. 21. Arrangements for a joruney back into the colony ; Second visit to the village at the Asbestos mountains ; And preparations for departure -- The intinerary, and register of the weather -- Remarks on the map, and geographical observations.
• Vol. 2. ch. 1. Journey from Klaarwater, to Kaabi's Kraal -- ch. 2. Transactions at Kaabi's Kraal -- ch. 3. Journey from Kaabi's Kraal, to the borders of the colony -- ch. 4. Journey from the borders of the colony, to the village of Graaffreynét -- ch. 5. Transactions at Graaffreynét -- ch. 6. Return from Graaffreynét, to the boundary of the colony -- ch. 7. Return from the colony, through the country of the Bushmen, to Klaarwater -- ch. 8. Transactions at Klaarwater, after the return from Graaffreynét -- ch. 9. Journey in the country of the Koras, from Klaarwater to Sensaván -- ch. 10. Journey from Sensaván, to the Kamhánni mountains -- ch. 11. Journey in the country of the Bachapins, from the Kamhánni mountains, to the river Makkwárin -- ch. 12. Occurences and onservations at the river Makkwárin -- ch. 13. Journey from the river Makkwárin, to the town of Litakun -- ch. 14. Reception at Litakun -- ch. 15. Residence in the town of Litakun, and affair of the gun -- ch. 16. Transactions and occurences during the first residence at Litakun -- ch. 17. General description of the town of Litakun: Its history, regulations, population, architecture, domestic arrangement, situation, and climate -- ch. 18. General description of the Bachapins: Their origin, population, government, warfare, policy, trade, and laws ; Nature of their chief's authority ; Their religion or superstition, moral character, natural disposition, mental capacity, figure, cast of features, women, marriages, clothing, personal ornaments, utensils, disorders, modes od cure, language, food, agricultire, manufactures, arts, and amusements -- The itinerary, and register of the weather -- The zoological and botanical index -- The general index.

Call Number

Sc Rare 916.8-B (Burchell, W. J. Travels in the interior of southern Africa)

LCCN

04019484

OCLC

• 5638893
• NYPGR5638893-B

Author

Burchell, William J. (William John), 1781-1863.

Title

Travels in the interior of southern Africa / by William J. Burchell, Esq.

Imprint

London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster Row, 1822-1824.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Indexed In:

Mendelssohn, S. South African bibliography to the year 1925, v. 1, p. 331

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare 916.8-B (accession no. B593583) with the bookplate: The Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection, The New York Public Library Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations. This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

Local Note

Copy in Sc Rare 916.8-B lacking vol. 2; vol. 1. has 4 p. "Hints on emigration to the Cape of Good Hope, by the same author" misbound (follows title page leaf); vol. 1 also lacks preface (p. [v]-viii). NN

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Added Author

Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, publisher.

A. & R. Spottiswoode, printer.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Research Call Number

Sc Rare 916.8-B (Burchell, W. J. Travels in the interior of southern Africa) Library has: v. 1

Stuart 7092-7093