[Africa] Latrobe, Rev. Christian Ignatius. Journal of a Visit to South Africa, in 1815, and 1816, With Some Account of the Missionary Settlements of the United Brethren, near the Cape of Good Hope. L. B. Seeley, London, 1818. First edition. 4to. 406 pp., dedication, folding engraved map with routes in red and blue, 4 engraved outline panoramas, 12 hand-coloured aquatint plates, 2pp. advertisements at end. Contemporary 3/4 black leather over marbled boards, gilt. Abbey, Travel 325; Tooley 292. Latrobe was appointed by the Moravian Church to visit the missionaries at Gnadenthaal and Groenekloof, near the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa, in addition to selecting a site for a third mission station.Condition: Minor rubbing, some chipping to spine. Restoration to dedication leaf.Provenance: From the Library of the Godfather of Biodiversity, Dr. Thomas E. Lovejoy.