Theal, George McCall - THE PORTUGUESE IN SOUTH AFRICA (1896)

In issuing this volume the author consulted the important documents which the Right Honourable C. J. Rhodes caused to be copied at Lisbon for his own use. Includes a description of the native races between the River Zambesi & the Cape of Good Hope during the 16th century and later. With sketch map in frontispiece showing the British South Africa Chartered Company's Territory, South African Republic and Portuguese South Africa.

Chapters:
I. Earliest inhabitants of South Africa: Bushmen and Hottentots;
II. Description of the Bantu Tribes of South Africa;
III. Asiatic settlements and Portuguese conquests in South Africa;
IV. Transactions of the Portuguese South of the Zambesi from the death of Francisco D'Almeida to the Failure of Francisco Barreto's Expedition;
V. Events in South-Eastern Africa from the failure of Barreto's Expedition to the appearance of the Dutch in the Eastern Seas;
VI. Appearance of the French, English, and Dutch in the Eastern Seas;
VII. Principal events in Portuguese South Africa from the early years of the Seventeenth to the middle of the Nineteenth Century;
VIII. Revival of activity in Portuguese South Africa during the last half of the Nineteenth Century.

"A detailed account of the Portuguese navigators and their experiences with the inhabitants." (Mendelssohn II.482)

"The Portuguese in South Africa. With a description of the native races between the River Zambesi and the Cape of Good Hope during the ninteenth century. With maps."; T. Fisher Unwin, London, 1896; First Edition; 21 x 15 cm; Original publisher's brown tobacco cloth. Gilt title to the spine and front board; Text in English; Collation complete - [1], Frontispiece map, Title page, [vi], 324 pages including the Sources and Index, sketch maps; Ex-library copy. Library label to the front paste down. The binding is strong, firm and tight and isn’t really splitting anywhere. Spine and boards bumped to the extremities, corners little bumped, minor rubbing. Hinges and joints whole and secure. Front and rear paste down and endpapers with asome age tanning. Pages/text block very bright and clear, no marks or foxing throughout, only little yellowing. Minimal traces of wear on the edges of the paperback, the fore edge is slightly deckled. A sound copy.