Die Eerste Europeane in die Nasionale Krugerwildtuin 1725 / The first Europeans in the Kruger National Park
by Punt, W. H. J
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- Hardcover
- Signed
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- ISBN 10
- 0869530178
- ISBN 13
- 9780869530177
- Seller
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About This Item
(Pretoria: National Parks Board of Trustees, 1975) 0869530178. Signed by the author on the title page, with his gift inscription to his children to the half-title. 8vo; pictorial boards; pp. (x) + 101; parallel English and Afrikaans texts, illustrated with black-and-white photographs and maps. Boards partially sunned, with coffee cup half-ring to upper board; small newspaper clipping relating to the author pasted to front free endpaper; some foxing. Good condition. The journal of Frans de Cuiper's expedition on behalf of the Dutch East India Company in search of Monomotapa's gold, with a reconstruction of the route followed. De Cuiper is reputed to have been the first European to have set foot in the area now occupied by the Kruger National Park. .
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- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11009
- Title
- Die Eerste Europeane in die Nasionale Krugerwildtuin 1725 / The first Europeans in the Kruger National Park
- Author
- Punt, W. H. J
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0869530178
- ISBN 13
- 9780869530177
- Publisher
- (Pretoria: National Parks Board of Trustees, 1975) 0869530178
- This edition first published
- 1976
- Keywords
- Frans de Cuiper. V.O.C. Monomotapa. Kruger National Park. Transvaal
- Bookseller catalogs
- Transvaal;
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About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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