Travel Journals (and Some Letters) South Africa And Mamibia/ Botswana, 1838-1856 (Van Riebeeck Society Second Series No. 23)
Capetown, South Africa: Van Riebeek Society, 1994. Hardcover. Presumed firsta nd only printing. Fine, fresh, unused copy in equally fine, bright, crisp dust jacket. Hardcover. xxx+ 249 pp. with bibliography, general index, natural history index. Tipped on color frontis and 4 maps. Translated into English from the original Swedish. Johan August Wahlberg (1810-1856) was a Swedish naturalist and explorer. He traveled in southern Africa between 1838 and 1856 and sent thousands of natural history specimens back to Sweden. His three African journals are transcribed here: the South African Journal (Feb. 1, 1839 to March 9, 1845); letters written from March, 1854 to November, 1855; and the Namibian/ Botswana Journal (May 30, 1855 to Feb. 23, 1856). Wahlberg was exploring along the Thamalakane River in Botswana when he was killed by a wounded elephant. On October 8, 1856, he was elected to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, before news of his death reached Sweden. Fine / fine. Item #E35511
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