Africa North East of the Cape Colony…Emigrant farmers & native tribes 1844 map
£200
SKU: P-6-112526
'Africa North East of the Cape Colony, exhibiting the relative positions of the emigrant farmers and the native tribes, May 1837'
Harris’s map of the country north-east of the Cape Colony records expedition routes, African communities and emigrant farmers during the Great Trek. Drawn from Harris’s hunting expedition of 1836–37, it places his travels within a changing political landscape: Boer settlement was advancing into the interior while Mzilikazi’s Ndebele kingdom remained a major regional power. Its coverage extends beyond modern South Africa into parts of Botswana, southern Zimbabwe and Mozambique, and includes the areas now forming Lesotho and Eswatini. Historical names and imperfect river geography reflect information available in 1837, rather than modern national boundaries. The Kalahari, Limpopo, Kuruman and Delagoa Bay provide geographic reference points. This map accompanied the 1844 fourth edition and retains John Murray’s imprint of 29 June 1839; May 1837 in the title dates the mapped information. Its expedition route is highlighted in pink.
Size 22 x 19 cm | 8.5 x 7.5 inches
Date Published: 1844
Type: Antique folding lithographed expedition map with hand-coloured route
Author: Harris, William Cornwallis
Publication: The Wild Sports of Southern Africa
Condition: Good |
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