1875
First Edition.
By Charles John Anderson
Rebound. Frontis repaired. Edge staining.
XIV / 338 p.p / 16 pages of adverts.
In one volume.

Karl John (Karl Johan) Andersson (4 March 1827 in Norra Råda Värmland, Sweden – 9 July 1867 in Angola) was a Swedish explorer, hunter and trader as well as an amateur naturalist and ornithologist.

He is most famous for the many books he published about his travels, and for being one of the most notable explorers of Southern Africa, mostly in present-day Namibia.

In 1867, despite serious illness, Andersson travelled north towards the Portuguese settlements in modern Angola, in order to establish a better trading route to Europe. He was unable to cross the Cunene River, so he had to turn back. His condition had worsened during his journey to the Cunene and, on the return journey, he died on 9 July 1867. He was buried by another Swede, Axel Eriksson.

“Here’s Andersson’s Notes on Travel cease altogether, and henceforth it is only from his journal, which he kept regularly posted up until a few days of his death, that we have an account of further proceedings.”
- Editor (Llewelyn Lloyd)

158mm x 227mm

R10,000