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Sir James Edward Alexander (1803-85)
An Expedition of discovery into the interior of Africa ... ; v. 2 / conducted by Sir James Edward Alexander. 1838
RCIN 1141442
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Between 1836 and 1837, the British Army officer, James Edward Alexander, undertook an expedition to Namaqualand and Damaraland (now Namibia) on behalf of the Royal Geographical Society. This book is his published account of the journey, during which he collected specimens of natural history and recorded some of the vocabulary of the Herero people of the region, the first European to do so.
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Presented to Queen Victoria by the author, 21st August 1838.
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