VOYAGE OF OBSERVATION AMONG THE COLONIES OF WESTERN AFRICA, AND A CAMPAIGN IN KAFFIR-LAND IN 1835

von James Edward Alexander

378 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The author of this epic of early exploration, Capt. James Alexander, was the soldier-explorer who led an 1836 expedition, sponsored by the Government and the Royal Geographical Society, into the interior of South West Africa (today's Namibia). Travelling by ox-wagons, his route lay north from Cape Town, across the Orange River into the interior and, running dangerously short of water, out at Walfisch Bay - a 4,000-mile trek through unexplored desert wilderness. His book is a compendium of early exploration, including observations of flora and fauna, and the native peoples in the area they travelled through. He also amassed a large collection of zoological and scientific specimens.

• Reihe: No Series Linked
• Themen: Geowissenschaften, Geographie, Umwelt, Planung Geographie Geographische Entdeckungen und Erforschungen
• ISBN: 9781845747985
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 11.11.2009
• Größe: 216 x 140 mm
• Verlag: Naval & Military Press