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TRAVELS IN SOUTH AFRICA (Second Journey) 2 Vols. (First Edition) by Rev. John Campbell
London: Francis Westley, 1822
8vo, Vol. 1: viii + 322, Vol. 2: xii + 384 + 1 page advertisement. Quarter leather binding. With 2 colour frontispieces, 10 additional colour plates and 1 folding map.
First edition, published 1822.
John Campbell (1766-1840), was a Scottish missionary and traveller. The London Missionary Society sent him to the Cape in June 1812 to inspect the mission stations there. Campbell returned to the Cape in February 1819 in the company of John Philip. His orders were to inspect and improve the mission stations which had fallen into a neglected state. On this visit he instructed the missionary Robert Moffat to start a mission among the Bechuana tribe. Campbell once more ventured into the interior, leaving Cape Town in January 1820 and travelling as far north as Mosega in Barotseland, on which journey he also came across the large settlement of Kaditshwene near the Limpopo River. He left for England in February 1821, publishing these two further volumes covering his second journey.
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