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BAIN, Andrew Geddes. - Journals of Andrew Geddes Bain. Trader, explorer, soldier, road engineer and geologist.

Title: Journals of Andrew Geddes Bain. Trader, explorer, soldier, road engineer and geologist.
Description: Cape Town, 1949. Cloth. With maps and plates. XXXIX, 264 pp.Van Riebeeck Society, first series, 30. - Andrew Geddes Bain is best known for his building of Cape roads and passes. His diaries, from 1826 to the 1840s, were both working journals and accounts of his experiences and descriptions of the people he encountered in the course of his work. This volume includes his chronicle of his journey in 1826 to the northern Cape.

Keywords: Africa Riebeeck Society South Africa

Price: EUR 27.50 = appr. US$ 29.89 Seller: Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books (NVvA/ILAB)
- Book number: 32780