Historical plant incidence in southern Africa : a collection of early travel records in southern Africa / compiled by C.J. Skead ; and edited by J.C. Manning & N.C. Anthony
xii, 378 p. : ill. (some col.), map, port. ; 31 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
Africa, Southern
Date:
2009
Notes:
Map on endpapers.
Contents:
Early travels in southern Africa. 1. Cape Peninsula -- 2. West Coast and Boland -- 3. Namaqualand and Bushmanland -- 4. Bokkeveld and Roggeveld -- 5. Great Karoo and Upper Karoo -- 6. Little Karoo -- 7. Overberg -- 8. Knysna's Forests -- 9. Langkloof -- 10. Albany -- 11. Eastern Cape -- 12. Wild Coast -- 13. Highveld -- 14. Gordonia -- 15. Lesotho -- 16. Northern Provinces -- 17. KwaZulu-Natal -- 18. Botswana and Zimbabwe -- 19. Namibia -- 20. Cape offshore islands. Appendices. A. Firing of the veld -- B. Locusts -- C. Elephants -- D. Early incidence of prickly-pear (Opuntia spp.)
Summary:
"Skead's Historical plant incidence in southern Africa is as extraordinary book, meticulously documenting the observations - region by region - of the numerous European travellers and explorers who traversed southern Africa in the early colonial period"--Foreword.
