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Title: An Account of Travels into the Interior of Southern Africa, in the Years 1797 and 1798 Author: Barrow, John Place: New York Publisher: G.F. Hopkins, John Conrad & Co. Date: 1802 Description: [4], 386, [1] pp. Folding map frontispiece by the author. (8vo) period calf, cloth spine (rebacked). "First American Edition, from the London Quarto Edition." Includes "cursory observations on the geology and geography of the southern part of [Africa]; the natural history of such objects that occurred in the animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms; and sketches on the physical and moral characters of the various tribes of inhabitants surrounding the settlement of the Cape of Good Hope." Lot Amendments Condition: Some wear and tear to covers; endpapers renewed; very small stub tear to map; some foxing and darkening of pages; good. Item number: 269160