[Salmon (Thomas)]: HEDENDAAGSCHE HISTORIE: of tegenwoordige staat van Afrika, waar in uitmunt de beschryving van Barbarie, Senegal, Guinee, de Kaap der Goede Hoope, van de Kanarische, Vlaamsche en Fransche Eilanden, van St. Helena enz. Volgens de waarneemingen van de heeren Sh

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[Salmon (Thomas)] : HEDENDAAGSCHE HISTORIE: of tegenwoordige staat van Afrika, waar in uitmunt de beschryving van Barbarie, Senegal, Guinee, de Kaap der Goede Hoope, van de Kanarische, Vlaamsche en Fransche Eilanden, van St. Helena enz. Volgens de waarneemingen van de heeren Sh

810 + 17 pages, index, thick 8vo (205 x 135 mm), additional engraved title page, 4 folding maps, folding plate, contemporary quarter calf and sprinkled paper boards, worn and rubbed at top and bottom of the back and on the corners, some time staining internally

Mendelssohn 2:502. The work is based on Salmon's earlier 'Modern History', but has been much enlarged. There are sections on the Cape, Madagascar, Bourbon, Mauritius, St Helena and Ascension as well as West Africa. Theal criticised the work for its inaccuracies but these can be traced through to the sources of the information. It is one of the scarcer early surveys of the continent as known at the time. S.A.B. 4.120. Pages 626-743 deal with South Africa.

[Salmon (Thomas)] : HEDENDAAGSCHE HISTORIE: of tegenwoordige staat van Afrika, waar in uitmunt de beschryving van Barbarie, Senegal, Guinee, de Kaap der Goede Hoope, van de Kanarische, Vlaamsche en Fransche Eilanden, van St. Helena enz. Volgens de waarneemingen van de heeren Sh is listed for sale on Bibliophile Bookbase by Clarkes Africana & Rare Books.

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