Austral Africa Losing It or Ruling It Being Incidents and Experiences in Bechuanaland, Cape Colony, and England

MacKenzie, John

Edité par London Sampson Low, Marstion, Searle, & Rivington 1887, 1887

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1st Edition. Vol 1: xii, 515; Vol 2: viii, 525pp. Octavo. Original rust-orange cloth boards with gilt lettering on front and spine. Black embossed map on front. Minor bumping to spines. Side foredge uncut. Some pages unopened. Volume 1 has 13 black-and-white plates, sepia frontispiece. One fold-out map. Volume 2 has 18 black-and-white plates. One fold-out map. Textblocks are clean and crisp. very good John MacKenzie (1835-1899) was a Scottish missionary who was sent by the London Missionary Society to South Africa in 1855. He lived in what is presently known as Botwana from 1862 until 1876. MacKenzie became concerned that the African peoples were being threatened by Boer marauders to the south, and politicians who wanted to annex land to the British Cape Colony in the north. He began an extensive campaign which would eventually establish the Bechuanaland Protectorate. These books follow Mackenzie's passionate tribulations up to the establishment of the protectorate. In 1885 the British Government, largely influenced by MacKenzie, sent a military expedition led by Charles Warren to the area to assert their sovereignty. MacKenzie accompained Warren, and detailed his adventure in this set. These lovely volumes are an important resource for discerning the early history of Botswana.

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• Titre: Austral Africa Losing It or Ruling It Being Incidents and Experiences in Bechuanaland, Cape Colony, and England
• Éditeur: London Sampson Low, Marstion, Searle, & Rivington 1887
• Date de parution: 1887
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• Édition: Edition originale
• État de l'article: very good
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  • Travel and Exploration