In the first volume of Sir Hans Sloane's Jamaica, there is also a
good account of Madeira.
THE SOUTH OF AFRICA.
The Cape of Good Hope being generally visited by ships going to the East
Indies and China, there are many accounts of it and the adjacent
country, in the relation of voyages to those parts. Since it came into
the possession of the British, this part of Africa has frequently become
the ultimate and special object of travellers. The oldest accounts were
published in the Dutch and German languages.
654. Reise Beschriebung, 1660-1667 unter die Africanisken Vaelker besonders
die Hottentiten. Von. J. Breyer. Leips. 1681. 8vo.
655. Reise nach dem Vorgeberg der Guten Hopnung. Von Peter Kolb. Nuremberg,
3 vol. fol.--This voluminous work, originally published in Dutch, was
abridged and published in French, in 3 vols. 12mo. From this abridgment, an
English translation was published in 2 vols. 8vo. in 1738. Both the entire
and abridged work have been frequently published. The reason for this
popularity and general sale, must be sought in Kolben's work, being, for a
long time, the only detailed account of this part of Africa, and from its
enjoying a reputation for accuracy, which subsequent travellers have
destroyed, especially De la Caille, the celebrated astronomer, in the
following work.
656.
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