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1 online resource (xxvii, 291 pages) |
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text file |
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PDF |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Summary |
This volume brings together newly discovered personal journals from the mid-19th century, presented here with their original illustrations. The youthful Sherwill brothers, inheriting a family flair for science and adventure from their 18th century astronomer grandfather, Dr James Lind, and their mountaineering father, recorded their colonial travels between 1840 and 1843. These years represent a vital period of change in British domestic and colonial history, which provides the background to their minute observations of the flora, fauna and inhabitants of Southern Africa and the oceans on eith. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Sherwill, Walter Stanhope -- Travel.
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Sherwill, Markham -- Travel.
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Africa, Southern -- Description and travel -- History -- 19th century.
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Southern Africa. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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South Africa -- Description and travel -- History -- 19th century.
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South Africa. |
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Indian Ocean Region -- Description and travel -- History -- 19th century.
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Indian Ocean Region. |
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Travel. |
| Chronological Term |
1800-1899 |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Added Author |
Harvey, June.
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Sherwill, Markham, author.
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Harvey, June, writer of introduction, transcriber.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sherwill, Walter Stanhope. Sherwill journals, 1840-1843. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2020 9781527546691 (OCoLC)1141521252 |
| ISBN |
1527548279 |
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9781527548275 (electronic book) |
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9781527546691 (hardcover) |
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1527546691 (hardcover) |
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