Author: William John BurchellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, Southern
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa
Author: William John BurchellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, Southern
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
Travels in the Interior of Africa
Author: Mungo ParkTravels in the Interior of Africa
Author: Mungo ParkPublisher: Franklin Classics
ISBN: 9780341789895
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
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An Account of Travels Into the Interior of Southern Africa in the Years 1797 and 1798
Author: Sir John BarrowPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa
Author: Mungo ParkPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, West
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
The Stolen Bible
Author: Gerald O. WestPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004322787
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description
The Stolen Bible tells the story of how Southern Africans have interacted with the Bible from its arrival in Dutch imperial ships in the mid-1600s through to contemporary post-apartheid South Africa. The Stolen Bible emphasises African agency and distinguishes between African receptions of the Bible and African receptions of missionary-colonial Christianity. Through a series of detailed historical, geographical, and hermeneutical case-studies the book analyses Southern African receptions of the Bible, including the earliest African encounters with the Bible, the translation of the Bible into an African language, the appropriation of the Bible by African Independent Churches, the use of the Bible in the Black liberation struggle, and the ways in which the Bible is embodied in the lives of ordinary Africans.
Proceedings
Author: Rhodesia Scientific Association, SalisburyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
Treatise on Marine Ecology and Paleoecology
Author: Joel W. Iledgpeth and Harry S. LaddPublisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 0813710677
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 2468
Book Description
Burchell’s African Odyssey
Author: Roger StewartPublisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
ISBN: 1775848167
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 447
Book Description
The English botanist William Burchell arrived in Cape Town in June 1811 to explore the flora and fauna of the vast southern African interior. Over a four-year period, and travelling in a custom-built ox wagon, he amassed an astonishing 63 000 specimens of plants, bulbs, insects, reptiles and mammals – many not previously documented for science – as well as over 500 paintings and illustrations. While the outbound trek is well described in Burchell’s famous Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa, little has been published about the challenges and discoveries made on his return journey to Cape Town, from 1812–1815. This pioneering book traces the homeward leg of Burchell’s epic odyssey – through the arid northern Cape, the Great Karoo, the war-ravaged eastern Cape, and along the Eden-like southern Cape coast. Drawing on primary and secondary sources, including Burchell’s letters and the detailed map he created to record his trek, the authors have crafted a thought-provoking and beautifully illustrated account that encompasses both the genius of the man and the natural history of the region that so intrigued him. Sales points: Fills a major gap in what is known of Burchell’s travels in southern Africa; sheds new light on Burchell’s character and his discoveries; contains information, illustrations and watercolours not published before; coincides with the bicentenary of the publication of Vol. 1 of Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa.
Author: Mungo Park