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Impressions of South Africa

James Bryce, Viscount Bryce

  • Travel
  • Book language: English
  • 433 pages

Impressions of South Africa is a travel account by James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, recording his observations from a journey through South Africa in the late nineteenth century. It covers the land, people, and political conditions, with appended material on the Transvaal Conventions. It is worth listening to as a historical travelogue offering a contemporary view of the region.

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IMPRESSIONS
OF SOUTH AFRICA
BY
JAMES BRYCE
AUTHOR OF "THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE," "TRANSCAUCASIA AND
ARARAT,"
"THE AMERICAN COMMONWEALTH," ETC.
With Three Maps.
THIRD EDITION, REVISED THROUGHOUT
WITH A NEW PREFATORY CHAPTER, AND WITH THE
TRANSVAAL CONVENTIONS OF 1881 AND 1884
London
MACMILLAN AND CO., Limited
1899
All rights reserved
Richard Clay and Sons, Limited, LONDON AND
BUNGAY.
First Edition, 8vo. November 1897
Reprinted, November 1897
Second Edition, January 1898
Third Edition, Crown 8vo. November 1899
Reprinted, December 1899

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Contents

  1. IMPRESSIONS OF SOUTH AFRICA
  2. JAMES BRYCE
  3. TO THE COMPANION OF MY JOURNEY
  4. PREFATORY CHAPTER
  5. NOTE
  6. MAPS AT END OF VOLUME
  7. CONTENTS
  8. AREA AND POPULATION OF THE SEVERAL COLONIES, REPUBLICS AND TERRITORIES IN SOUTH AFRICA
  9. DATES OF SOME IMPORTANT EVENTS IN THE HISTORY OF SOUTH AFRICA
  10. INTRODUCTION
  11. PART I
  12. CHAPTER I
  13. CHAPTER II
  14. CHAPTER III
  15. CHAPTER IV
  16. CHAPTER V
  17. CHAPTER VI
  18. CHAPTER VII
  19. PART II
  20. CHAPTER VIII
  21. CHAPTER IX
  22. CHAPTER X
  23. CHAPTER XI
  24. CHAPTER XII
  25. PART III
  26. CHAPTER XIII
  27. CHAPTER XIV
  28. CHAPTER XV
  29. CHAPTER XVI
  30. CHAPTER XVII

and 15 more chapters

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