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Backhouse in Maurituis & South Africa 1844
Backhouse in Maurituis & South Africa 1844
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Author: Backhouse, James
Title: A Narrative of a Visit to the Mauritius and South Africa
Place Published: London
Publisher:Hamilton, Adams, and Co.
Date Published: 1844
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xvi, 648, lvi pp. With 2 folding engraved maps; 16 etched plates, with tissue guards; woodcuts in the text. (8vo) 22.5x14 cm (8¾x5½"), original blindstamped cloth, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition.



Scarce account of travels and missionary activities in Mauritius and South Africa by the botanist and Quaker James Backhouse (1794-1869), who had earlier spent six years ministering to convicts and settlers in Australia. The larger of the two maps is James Wyld's South Africa, measuring 51x81.5 cm (with some light foxing, short stub tear). The other map shows Mauritius and other islands in the Indian Ocean.

Condition
Some rubbing and wear to extremities, small indent in front cover; ink name to title-page, very good or better condition, contents quite fresh and partially unopened.
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