1982655. Thunberg's voyages to Africa and Japan, 3rd edition in English with 10 plates, 1795-96, 4 volumes.

THUNBERG'S VOYAGE TO AFRICA AND JAPAN (4). THUNBERG, CHARLES PETER. Travels in Europe, Africa, and Asia, made between the years 1770 and 1779. 3rd edition. London, P. and C. Rivington, 1795-1796.

8vo. (190x110 mm.). Engraved frontispiece (View of the Good Hope), xii, 317, (18, index); xiv, (1), 316, (15, index); (3), vi-xiii, (1, Vocabulary of Japanese language), 2- 285, xv (index); xix, (4, Preface and Explanation of the Plates), 293, (16, index). With 10 engraved plates, 1 folding (complete, some spotting, plates in vol. 4 with some dampstaining).
Contemporary speckled calf, gilt spines, two spines renovated and rebacked, worn and rubbed, board to vol. II partly loose, all hinges starting. Text with some dampstaining and spotting.
Bookplate of Rev. Samuel Blacker (1771- 1849) or Armagh. Owner's stamp of H. H. Shepley on first free endpaper.

4 volumes.

Vol 1: A Voyage to the Southern Parts of Europe, and to the Cape of Good Hope in Africa; Vol 2: Two expeditions to the interior parts of the country adjacent to the Cape of Good Hope and a Voyage to the Island of Java; Vol 3: A Voyage to Japan and travels in different parts of that Empire; Vol 4: Travels in the Empire of Japan and in the island of Java and Ceylon, together with the Voyage Home).

Famous travels by Linnaean disciple Carl Peter Thunberg (1743-1828), the “Father of Cape Botany”, filled with observations on geology, botany, anthropology, culture, trade, language ao Thunberg spent some three years at the Cape and made several expeditions into Caffraria in the company of Masson, Oldenburg, and others. The work gives much information about the natural history of the country, together with notes on the "Hottentots, Kaffirs, & slaves". Show full text

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