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(Cape Town: The Van Riebeeck Society, 1954). Volume 35 in the Van Riebeeck Society's First Series. 8vo; original pale grey cloth, with black lettering to spine, and publisher's device in black to upper board; pp. (viii) + 197 + (vii); plates; folding map. Some foxing to edges and endpapers, occasional fox spot elsewhere. Good to very good condition. "Gerald McKiernan was an American trader, operating in South West Africa in the last decade before German colonial rule. The manuscript consists of a narrative of 5 years' travel in Africa, from 1875 to 1879, and a diary which he kept from 1877 to 1879. The author travelled widely, probably reaching well into Angola." .
THE NARRATIVE AND JOURNAL OF GERALD MCKIERNAN IN SOUTH WEST AFRICA 1874-1879. by McKiernan, Gerald. (Ed. P. Serton)
by McKiernan, Gerald. (Ed. P. Serton)
THE NARRATIVE AND JOURNAL OF GERALD MCKIERNAN IN SOUTH WEST AFRICA 1874-1879.
by McKiernan, Gerald. (Ed. P. Serton)
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Van Riebeeck Society (VRS) First Series Volume 35 Cape Town 1954.. Neat gift inscripton ffep. eps tanned. boards clean, 4 square corners, spine showing use marks, internally unmarked. overall a G-VG copy.. Light cloth boards. 193pp illustrated b/w plates, foldout map. 8vo. Gerald McKiernan was an American trader, operating in South West Africa in the last decade before German colonial rule. The manuscript consists of a narrative of 5 years' travel in Africa, from 1875 to 1879, and a diary which he kept from 1877 to 1879. The author travelled widely, probably reaching well into Angola.
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The Narrative and Journal of Gerald McKiernan in South West Africa 1874-1879. Edited, with Introduction, Notes and Map, by Dr. P. Serton
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The narrative and journal of Gerald McKiernan in South West Africa 1874-1879. Edited, with introduction & notes by P. Serton.
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Cape Town, 1954 Cloth. With folding map and plates. 193 pp. Van Riebeeck Society, first series, 35.- Gerald McKiernan was an American trader, operating in South West Africa in the last decade before German colonial rule. The manuscript consists of a narrative of 5 years' travel in Africa, from 1875 to 1879, and a diary which he kept from 1877 to 1879. The author travelled widely, probably reaching well into Angola.
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The Narrative and Journal of Gerald McKiernan In South West Africa, 1874 - 1879.: Edited, with Introduction, Notes and Map, by Dr. P. Serton.
by McKiernan, Gerald / Serton, P. [editor]
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1954. Cape Town, The Van Riebeeck Society, 1954. 14 cm x 21.5 cm. Frontispiece, 197 pages. 5 illustrations including frontispiece. Fold-out map at rear detailing McKiernan's travels in the region. Hardcover [publisher's original grey cloth] with lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Van Riebeeck Society Series - 35] Includes, for example, the following: Introduction / Narrative of Five Years' Travel in South Africa, June 1874 to April 1879 / Continuation of Narrative of Travel in Africa, From June 9th 1876 / Diary of Gerald McKiernan Kept while in South Africa, 1877-79 / From Omorur to the Junction of the Okovango and Shoshongo Rivers etc. Consists of a narrative of the American trader and U.S. Civil War veteran's five years of travel through South West Africa prior to German colonisation. Interesting contemporary details of the native Khoikhoi ('Hottentot') people of the region as well as the Boers. Detailed footnotes made by the editor, Dr. Serton,…
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