TRAVELS IN SOUTH AFRICA
JOHN CAMPBELL
C. STRUIK (PTY) LTD
1974
Limited edition, number 218 of 1000.
A reprint of the 3rd Corrected edition of 1815.
When Dr J. T. van der Kemp died in 1811, there were 12 missions of the London Missionary Society in South Africa scattered along the coast from Namaqualand in the west to Algoa Bay in the east, as well as north of the Orange River. The Rev. John Campbell was instructed by the Directors of the Mission Society in London to visit South Africa and personally inspect the different settlements. Over a period of 17 months, from his arrival in 1812, this man with his pleasant disposition and keen interest in everyone and everything, recorded much interesting information on matters outside the missionary field. After visiting the Moravian missions at Groenekloof and Genadendal, he travelled to Bethalsdorp and he gives a vivid account of the dangers and hazards of ox-waggon travel in mountainous country. From here he crossed the Orange River to Griqua-town and the other mission stations for half-caste Hottentots, where he had meetings with the Hottentot chiefs. After travelling further north to Kuruman, he describes his return journey which took him westwards through the desert parallel to the Orange River and finally south along the coast to Cape Town.
22 x 14 cm. xvi + 402 pp + b/w plates + fold out map.
Volume XLVII of the Africana Collectanea Series.
Very good + condition. Dust jacket slightly chipped on the edges. Endpapers age tanned but otherwise clean and tidy.
