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BACKHOUSE, James. A narrative of a visit to the Mauritius and South Africa. London, Hamilton, Adams, and Co., 1844.Later half red morocco, spine lettered in gilt. With folding map of Mauritius (mounted on linen), large folding map of South Africa (mounted on linen), 16 etched plates and 28 woodengravings. XVI,628,LVI pp. First edition. - The book is in the form of a diary, and the author seems to have traversed every part of South Africa where there was a mission station or a missionary. In this way he appears to have met almost every prominent man connected with mission work in South Africa at his time. The volume commences with an account of the author's visit to Mauritius, where he stayed about three months. There is a good description of Kaffraria, and of the Basuto, Griqua and Bechuana countries, and the account of the Cape Colony affords valuable information concerning the first part of the nineteenth century (Mendelssohn p.62). It contains vivid descriptions of the people he encountered, particularly the indigenous communities and those involved in the slave trade, which he found revolting and unchristian. Throughout the volume there are ample descriptions of the flora of the country. - A rich and personal account. - Fine.Hess & Coger 5155. [Boeknr.: 36713 ]

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BACKHOUSE, James. A narrative of a visit to the Mauritius and South Africa. London, Hamilton, Adams, and Co., 1844.Original embossed cloth, spine lettered in gilt. With folding map of Mauritius, large folding map of South Africa, 16 etched plates and 28 woodengravings. XVI,628,LVI pp. First edition. - The book is in the form of a diary, and the author seems to have traversed every part of South Africa where there was a mission station or a missionary. In this way he appears to have met almost every prominent man connected with mission work in South Africa at his time. The volume commences with an account of the author's visit to Mauritius, where he stayed about three months. There is a good description of Kaffraria, and of the Basuto, Griqua and Bechuana countries, and the account of the Cape Colony affords valuable information concerning the first part of the nineteenth century (Mendelssohn p.62). It contains vivid descriptions of the people he encountered, particularly the indigenous communities and those involved in the slave trade, which he found revolting and unchristian. Throughout the volume there are ample descriptions of the flora of the country. - A rich and personal account - Fine.Hess & Coger 5155. [Boeknr.: 34996 ]

€ 295,00

BERNARDIN DE SAINT PIERRE, Jacques Henri. A voyage to the island of Mauritius (or Isle of France), the Isle of Bourbon, the Cape of Good Hope, &c. With observations and reflections upon nature and mankind. By a French officer. Translated from the French by John Parish. London, W Griffin, 1775.Modern half leather. (12), 291 pp. First English edition, first published in Amsterdam, Paris in 1773: Voyage à l' isle de France, à l'isle de Bourbon, au Cape de Bonne Espérance, etc. . - This work was written by Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (1737-1814), the author of the well-known romance Paul et Virginie (1788). It contains a vivid description of life in Mauritius where Bernardin de Saint Pierre resided as an engineer for the French crown from July 1768 to November 1770. The author criticised the brutality of slavery on the island and as a result, his book was refuted and ridiculed as soon as it was published. Nevertheless, even though his observations were undoubtedly influenced by his being ardently anti-slavery, it is likely that his description of the cruelty displayed towards slaves on the island was accurate (The Paolo Bianci Collection 44). In the latter part of 1771 the author visited Cape Town (on his homeward voyage), where he was entertained by governor Tulbagh, whom he describes as an able and affable man of eighty years of age. There is a somewhat pleasing account of the Cape Colony and its inhabitants. Reference is made to the paucity of the European population, and it is observed that 'Holland perhabs .. fears the aggrandising of this colony, preferable in every respect to the mother country' (Mendelssohn II, p.263). Including visits to and descriptions of Île Bourbon (Réunion) and Ascension Island. - (Some foxing). - Sacrce.Ryckebusch I, p. 49-50; Gay 3264. [Boeknr.: 36860 ]

€ 950,00

KELLER, C(onrad). Madagascar, Mauritius and the other East-African islands. London, Swan Sonnenschein & Co., 1901.Half calf, spine gilt. With 3 coloured maps and numerous photographic illustrations. XIII,242 pp. First published in German Reissebilder aus Ostafrika und Madagaskar. Leipzig 1887. - 'There is no book in existence which presents so complete and truthworthy an account of Madagascar, the Mascarenes and the smaller islands of the Ocean to the East and South East of Africa as this work of Professor Keller. To the scientific thoroughness and accuracy of the German professor he adds the vividness and realism due to personal travel and investigation' (Translator's preface by H.A. Nesbitt). One of the best authoritative accounts of Madagascar and nearby islands, including interesting photographic images of natives, flora and fauna.- Scarce.SAB II, p.735; Grandidier 1799. [Boeknr.: 14726 ]

€ 375,00

STOKRAM, Andries. Korte beschryvinge van de ongeluckige weer-om-reys van het schip Aernhem. In 1663 door Andries Stokram beschreven. Opnieuw uitgegeven en van commentaar voorzien door Vibeke Roeper en Ludian Schaling. Amsterdam, Terra Incognita, 1991. Wrappers. With illustrations. 72 pp. The author was shipwrecked in the Indian Ocean on his way from Batavia to Holland. He managed to escape with some others in a boat and reached Mauritius and lived seven months on the island. [Boeknr.: 12696 ]

€ 18,00

THOM, Alexander. Onderzoek naar den aard en koers der stormen in den Indischen Oceaan bezuiden de linie, ten einde derzelver oorsprong, uitgestrektheid ..en mede gepaard gaande verschijnselen te leeren kennen; met het praktisch doel om schepen in staat te stellen de nabijheid en betrekkelijke rigting der orkanen te kunnen bepalen. Uit het Engelsch vertaald door S. van Delden. Amsterdam, C.F. Stemler, 1849.Original blue boards (spine dam.). With folding chart of the Indian Ocean and 7 folding diagrams. XVI,368 pp. English edition published in London in 1845: An inquiry into the nature and course of storms in the Indian Ocean south of the Equator, with a view of discovering their origin, extent, rotatory character, rate and direction of progression, barometric depression...for the practical purpose of enabling ships to ascertain the proximity and relative position of hurricanes. Classic work by Thom, a surgeon in the Royal County Down Regiment. Much about Mauritius and the Rodriguez Hurricane of 1843.Cat. NHSM II, p.717 [Boeknr.: 20945 ]

€ 95,00

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