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dc.coverage.spatial | Africa | |
dc.coverage.spatial | South Africa | |
dc.coverage.spatial | Cape of Good Hope | |
dc.coverage.temporal | AD | |
dc.coverage.temporal | 1806 | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2009-01-07T10:54:23Z | |
dc.date.available | 2009-01-07T10:54:23Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1806 | |
dc.description.sponsorship | The original document was digitized with financial support from Media24. | en_US |
dc.description.statementofresponsibility | From the editor's preface: ... series of letters from a gentleman who resided a considerable time at the Cape of Good Hope ... | |
dc.format.extent | xxi, [3], 320 p., [10] leaves of plates : ill., 22 cm | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/8559 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | London : Albion Press printed ; published by James Cundee | en_US |
dc.relation.requires | Adobe Reader version 8 or 9 | |
dc.rights | Electronic copy: University of Pretoria; Printed copy: Public domain. | en_US |
dc.source | Original book: Gleanings in Africa (London : James Cundee, 1806), 320 p. | |
dc.source.uri | http://explore.up.ac.za/record=b17171398 | |
dc.subject.ddc | 968.704 | |
dc.subject.lcsh | Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Description and travel | |
dc.subject.lcsh | Slavery -- South Africa -- Cape of Good Hope -- History | |
dc.subject.lcsh | Khoikhoi (African people) | |
dc.subject.lcsh | Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Social conditions -- 19th century | |
dc.title | Gleanings in Africa : exhibiting a faithful and correct view of the manners and customs of the inhabitants of the Cape of Good Hope and surrounding country. With a full and comprehensive account of the system of agriculture adopted by the colonists: soil, climate, natural productions ... Interspersed with observations and reflections on the state of slavery in the southern extremity of the African continent. In a series of letters from an English officer during the period in which that colony was under the protection of the British Government. Illustrated with engravings. | en_US |
dc.type | Book | en_US |