An Account of Travels Into the Interior of Southern Africa in the Years 1797 and 1798: Including Cursory Observations on the Geology and Geography ... the Natural History of Such Objects as Occurred in the Animal, Vegetable, and Mineral Kingdoms, and Sketches of the Physical and Moral Characters of the Various Tribes ...G.F. Hopkins, 1802 - 386 pages |
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An Account of Travels Into the Interior of Southern Africa, in the Years ... John Barrow No preview available - 2018 |
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