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The Commissions of W C Palgrave, Special Emmissary to South West Africa, 1876-1885 (Van Riebeeck Society Second series, No. 21)
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Volume Condition: | Good |
| Dust Jacket: | Yes |
| Dust Jacket Condition: | Very Good |
| Dust Jacket Protection: | N/A |
| Signature: | None |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher Name: | Van Riebeeck Society |
| Publication Year: | 1991 |
| Publication Place: | Cape Town, ZA |
| Book ID: | 021508 |
| Catalogue(s): | History - Africa and the Middle East |
450pp, tipped in colour frontispiece and occasional further illustrations in black and white. Maps on endpapers. In grey cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering. 8vo. Text block edges tanned, mildly affecting page margins. In its original dust jacket, just a little bumped at edges.
Palgrave was active in South West Africa (now Namibia) over a period of 25 years, spending eight years in the country as a private individual before becoming a civil servant in Griqualand West, preparing himself for work as a Special Commissioner to Hereroland (or Damaraland, as it was called) and Namaland, undertaking five separate missions for the Cape Government in the early 1880s. It amounts to a series history of Namibia.
