1912 The Cape of Adventure, Being Strange and Notable Discoveries, Perils, Shipwrecks, Battles Upon Sea and Land, With Pleasant and Interesting Observations Upon the Country and the Natives of the Cape of Good Hope.

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First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding

First edition of The Cape of Adventure by Ian D. Colvin in the original publisher's cloth binding. 

Full title: The Cape of Adventure, Being Strange and Notable Discoveries, Perils, Shipwrecks, Battles Upon Sea and Land, With Pleasant and Interesting Observations Upon the Country and the Natives of the Cape of Good Hope.

Extracted from the writings of the early travellers.

Illustrated with twenty five monochrome plates. Collated, complete.

Ian Duncan Colvin was a British journalist and historian. This work and 'South Africa' was inspired by his time in Cape Town during the formative years of the Union of South Africa.