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Austral Africa. Losing it or ruling it, being incidents and experiences in Bechuanaland, Cape Colony, and England.

Austral Africa. Losing it or ruling it, being incidents and experiences in Bechuanaland, Cape Colony, and England.

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Austral Africa. Losing it or ruling it, being incidents and experiences in Bechuanaland, Cape Colony, and England.

by MACKENZIE, John

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London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington 1887.. 2 Bde. 8°. XII, 515 S.; VIII, 525 S., 1 Bl. mit zus. 2 Portraitfrontisp., 30 Ill., dav. 25 ganzs. Taf. u. 1 faksim. Brief, sowie zwei mehrfach gefalt. Karten. Reich schwarz- u. goldgeprägte OLn.-Bde. Kapitale, Ecken u. Kanten berieben, Kapital von Bd. I mit kl. Einriß. Vord. Gelenk von Bd. I leicht angeplatzt, Schmutztitel jew. mit zeitgen. Namenszug, wenige Bll. leicht stockfleckig, sonst gut erhalten. EA. Nicht bei Henze. - Erstausgabe des umfangreichen Berichtes über Südafrika von dem britischen Missionar John Mackenzie (1835-1899), "who was a constant champion of the rights of Africans in Southern Africa" (Encyclopedia Britannica online). Im Vorwort schreibt Mackenzie: "It is evident however, that the advantages flowing from the possession of the Cap are inseparably connected with the loyalty of a contented and well-governed inland population living under the Queen. Thus the difficulties and complexities of our administrative work as the Supreme Power amongst the peoples of South Africa, our failures and our successes in the past, and in the alternatives now before us as to the future, are questions of Imperial moment [...]".

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Title
Austral Africa. Losing it or ruling it, being incidents and experiences in Bechuanaland, Cape Colony, and England.
Author
MACKENZIE, John
Book Condition
Used
Publisher
London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington 1887.
Keywords
Reise, Afrika, Südafrika

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