PALGRAVE, William Coates.
Cape of Good Hope. Ministerial Department of Native Affairs. Report of W. Coates Palgrave, Esq., special commissioner to the tribes north of the Orange River, of his mission to Damaraland and Great Namaqualand in 1876. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of H. E. the Governor. 1877.
Cape Town, Saul Solomon, 1877.
8vo, pp. [2], 117, [1 (blank)], iv (index), xli (‘annexures’), [1 (blank)]; with large coloured folding map; some damp staining to upper margins, occasional toning, tear (without loss) to fold of map; good in recent blue/white paste paper boards, printed label to upper cover.
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Cape of Good Hope. Ministerial Department of Native Affairs. Report of W. Coates Palgrave, Esq., special commissioner to the tribes north of the Orange River, of his mission to Damaraland and Great Namaqualand in 1876. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of H. E. the Governor. 1877.
Uncommon first edition. ‘From 1869 until his retirement, Palgrave held a number of posts in the Cape Colony administration and on 16.3.76 was appointed Cape special commissioner for Namaland and Hereroland. Over the next nine years he would travel widely throughout Namibia in connection with British moves to annex the country, undertaking no fewer than five official missions, during which he conducted complex negotiations with both local chiefs and European settlers’ (Howgego P4). This report covers Palgrave’s important first commission.
