An Account of Travels into the Interior of Southern Africa, in the years 1797 and 1798 : Including Cursory Observations on the Geology and Geography of the Southern Part of that Continent

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English writer and explorer Sir John Barrow (1764–1848) spent 1797–8 exploring the recently acquired Cape Colony. His observations were published in two volumes, with the first appearing in 1801 and the second in 1804. Volume 2 examines the commercial and military advantages of the colony to Britain.