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 the Continent.
New York: G.F. Hopkins, for John Conrad & Co, 1802.
Price: $400.00
About the item
First American edition. [4],386,[1]pp. plus folding map. 8vo. Contemporary calf, worn, joints cracked by cords holding. Foxing and minor staining. Provenance: General Theological Seminary (blindstamps and other markings). Shaw & Shoemaker 1843.
Item #372877
Sir John Barrow (1764-1848) was an important early-19th century British geographer and explorer. Earlier in life, he travelled as secretary to Earl Macartney, ambassador to China and governor of the Cape of Good Hope colony. As second secretary of the admiralty (1804-6, 1807-48), Barrow encouraged the Arctic expeditions of John Ross and William Parry. He was one of the founders of the Royal Geographical Society in 1830, and Point Barrow, Cape Barrow, and Barrow Strait were named in his honor.
