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1886 - Sparrman, A.
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Sparrman, A. A Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, Toward the Antarctic Polar Circle, and Round the World. 2 vols. Perth: Morison, 1789. With a folded frontispiece, 1 folded copperplate map and 9 copperplate plates. XX, 264 pp.; 1 fol., 260 pp., 1 fol. Contemporary leather binding with gilt lettering (some wear and rubbing; yellowing, partly cracked). Cox 1 386. — An important work on the ethnology and natural history of South Africa, published four years after the first English edition. The Swede Andrew Sparrman, a naturalist and student of Linnaeus, accompanied Cook on his second voyage but remained at the Cape of Good Hope on the return journey to conduct research there. He traveled throughout eastern Hottentot country and ventured as far as the Kaffirs. - Slightly discolored, with some slight staining in places. - Rare.
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Auction 146 - Day 2Auction house
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