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'Africa forms the key' : Alex du Toit and the history of continental drift / / Suryakanthie Chetty
| 'Africa forms the key' : Alex du Toit and the history of continental drift / / Suryakanthie Chetty |
| Autore | Chetty Suryakanthie |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2021.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2021] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XI, 271 p. 6 illus.) |
| Disciplina | 016.55113 |
| Collana | Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies |
| ISBN | 3-030-52711-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1 Introduction -- 2 In the Beginning…: Geology in South Africa and the Early Years of Alex Du Toit.-3 A World in a Grain of Sand: A Brief History of Geology and the Origins of Continental Drift Theory -- 4 Bedrock: Geology and the Shaping of a Nation -- 5 On the Shoulders of Giants: Early Drift Theorists -- 6 Looking Through … the Keyhole of Nature: Du Toit and Early Continental Drift -- 7 And Yet It Moves…: Du Toit’s South American Journey -- 8 The Cradle of Humankind: A Pivotal Decade for Science in South Africa -- 9 Our Wandering Continents: Du Toit’s Definitive Work, Controversy and Consensus -- 10 A Frozen History of the Past: Antarctica, Gondwana and an Unfulfilled Dream -- 11 The Final Years -- 12 Pale Blue Dot: Conclusions. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910483591203321 |
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| Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2021] | ||
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Knowledge and colonialism [[electronic resource] ] : eighteenth-century travellers in South Africa / / by Siegfried Huigen
| Knowledge and colonialism [[electronic resource] ] : eighteenth-century travellers in South Africa / / by Siegfried Huigen |
| Autore | Huigen Siegfried |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (326 p.) |
| Disciplina | 968.03 |
| Collana | Atlantic world |
| Soggetto topico |
Travelers - South Africa - Cape of Good Hope - History - 18th century
Europeans - South Africa - Cape of Good Hope - History - 18th century Ethnology - South Africa - Cape of Good Hope - History - 18th century Ethnological expeditions - South Africa - Cape of Good Hope - History - 18th century |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-60234-9
9786612602344 90-474-3087-5 |
| Classificazione | 15.59 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Wagon routes : an introduction -- Peter Kolb's Defence of the "Hottentots" (1719) -- Expeditions from Fort Lijdsaamheijd : the voc and the geography of Southern Africa in the beginning of the eighteenth century -- Trade and science : reports of the VOC expedition by Hendrik Hop from 1761-1762 -- Xhosa and Khoikhoi "households" : representations of inhabitants of Southern Africa in the Gordon atlas -- The adventures of a Surinamese Frenchman in South Africa : the travel accounts of François le Vaillant -- A 'Black legend' of Dutch colonialism in the Travels (1801-1804) of John Barrow -- Batavian colonial politics and travel accounts about South Africa -- The first ethnographic monograph : De Kaffers aan de Zuidkust van Afrika (1810) by Lodewyk Alberti -- Conclusion: Knowledge and colonialism -- Annex 1: Independent editions and translations of Peter Kolb's Capvt bonae spei hodiernvm in the eighteenth century -- Annex 2: Structure of the Nieuwste en beknopte beschryving van de Kaap der Goede-Hope. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459611303321 |
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Huigen Siegfried
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| Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2009 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Knowledge and colonialism [[electronic resource] ] : eighteenth-century travellers in South Africa / / by Siegfried Huigen
| Knowledge and colonialism [[electronic resource] ] : eighteenth-century travellers in South Africa / / by Siegfried Huigen |
| Autore | Huigen Siegfried |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (326 p.) |
| Disciplina | 968.03 |
| Collana | Atlantic world |
| Soggetto topico |
Travelers - South Africa - Cape of Good Hope - History - 18th century
Europeans - South Africa - Cape of Good Hope - History - 18th century Ethnology - South Africa - Cape of Good Hope - History - 18th century Ethnological expeditions - South Africa - Cape of Good Hope - History - 18th century |
| ISBN |
1-282-60234-9
9786612602344 90-474-3087-5 |
| Classificazione | 15.59 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Wagon routes : an introduction -- Peter Kolb's Defence of the "Hottentots" (1719) -- Expeditions from Fort Lijdsaamheijd : the voc and the geography of Southern Africa in the beginning of the eighteenth century -- Trade and science : reports of the VOC expedition by Hendrik Hop from 1761-1762 -- Xhosa and Khoikhoi "households" : representations of inhabitants of Southern Africa in the Gordon atlas -- The adventures of a Surinamese Frenchman in South Africa : the travel accounts of François le Vaillant -- A 'Black legend' of Dutch colonialism in the Travels (1801-1804) of John Barrow -- Batavian colonial politics and travel accounts about South Africa -- The first ethnographic monograph : De Kaffers aan de Zuidkust van Afrika (1810) by Lodewyk Alberti -- Conclusion: Knowledge and colonialism -- Annex 1: Independent editions and translations of Peter Kolb's Capvt bonae spei hodiernvm in the eighteenth century -- Annex 2: Structure of the Nieuwste en beknopte beschryving van de Kaap der Goede-Hope. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792372203321 |
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Huigen Siegfried
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| Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2009 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Knowledge and colonialism : eighteenth-century travellers in South Africa / / by Siegfried Huigen
| Knowledge and colonialism : eighteenth-century travellers in South Africa / / by Siegfried Huigen |
| Autore | Huigen Siegfried |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (326 p.) |
| Disciplina | 968.03 |
| Collana | Atlantic world |
| Soggetto topico |
Travelers - South Africa - Cape of Good Hope - History - 18th century
Europeans - South Africa - Cape of Good Hope - History - 18th century Ethnology - South Africa - Cape of Good Hope - History - 18th century Ethnological expeditions - South Africa - Cape of Good Hope - History - 18th century |
| ISBN |
1-282-60234-9
9786612602344 90-474-3087-5 |
| Classificazione | 15.59 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Wagon routes : an introduction -- Peter Kolb's Defence of the "Hottentots" (1719) -- Expeditions from Fort Lijdsaamheijd : the voc and the geography of Southern Africa in the beginning of the eighteenth century -- Trade and science : reports of the VOC expedition by Hendrik Hop from 1761-1762 -- Xhosa and Khoikhoi "households" : representations of inhabitants of Southern Africa in the Gordon atlas -- The adventures of a Surinamese Frenchman in South Africa : the travel accounts of Francois le Vaillant -- A 'Black legend' of Dutch colonialism in the Travels (1801-1804) of John Barrow -- Batavian colonial politics and travel accounts about South Africa -- The first ethnographic monograph : De Kaffers aan de Zuidkust van Afrika (1810) by Lodewyk Alberti -- Conclusion: Knowledge and colonialism -- Annex 1: Independent editions and translations of Peter Kolb's Capvt bonae spei hodiernvm in the eighteenth century -- Annex 2: Structure of the Nieuwste en beknopte beschryving van de Kaap der Goede-Hope. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809777603321 |
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Huigen Siegfried
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| Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2009 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A living man from Africa [[electronic resource] ] : Jan Tzatzoe, Xhosa chief and missionary, and the making of nineteenth-century South Africa / / Roger S. Levine
| A living man from Africa [[electronic resource] ] : Jan Tzatzoe, Xhosa chief and missionary, and the making of nineteenth-century South Africa / / Roger S. Levine |
| Autore | Levine Roger S |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven [Conn.], : Yale University Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1 online resource (xiii, 291 p., [16] p. of plates) ) : ill., maps |
| Disciplina |
968.00496/39850092
B |
| Collana | New directions in narrative history |
| Soggetto topico |
Xhosa (African people) - Kings and rulers
Missionaries - South Africa Christian biography - South Africa Social change - South Africa - History - 19th century |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-299-46352-5
0-300-16859-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Maps -- INTRODUCTION -- Kelso, Scotland, 1837 -- Xhosaland, 1810 -- Bethelsdorp, 1811-1815 -- Makana's Kraal, 1816 -- Kat River, 1816-1818 -- Fish River Valley, 1822 -- iQonce, 1825-1832 -- Buffalo River, 1833-1835 -- Queen Adelaide Province, 1835-1836 -- Charles Darwin in Cape Town -- England, 1836 -- Great Britain, 1836-1838 -- TZATZOE IN KURUMAN -- King William's Town, 1838-1845 -- British Kaffraria, 1845-1868 -- Epilogue -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463124903321 |
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Levine Roger S
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| New Haven [Conn.], : Yale University Press, c2011 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A living man from Africa [[electronic resource] ] : Jan Tzatzoe, Xhosa chief and missionary, and the making of nineteenth-century South Africa / / Roger S. Levine
| A living man from Africa [[electronic resource] ] : Jan Tzatzoe, Xhosa chief and missionary, and the making of nineteenth-century South Africa / / Roger S. Levine |
| Autore | Levine Roger S |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven [Conn.], : Yale University Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1 online resource (xiii, 291 p., [16] p. of plates) ) : ill., maps |
| Disciplina |
968.00496/39850092
B |
| Collana | New directions in narrative history |
| Soggetto topico |
Xhosa (African people) - Kings and rulers
Missionaries - South Africa Christian biography - South Africa Social change - South Africa - History - 19th century |
| ISBN |
1-299-46352-5
0-300-16859-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Maps -- INTRODUCTION -- Kelso, Scotland, 1837 -- Xhosaland, 1810 -- Bethelsdorp, 1811-1815 -- Makana's Kraal, 1816 -- Kat River, 1816-1818 -- Fish River Valley, 1822 -- iQonce, 1825-1832 -- Buffalo River, 1833-1835 -- Queen Adelaide Province, 1835-1836 -- Charles Darwin in Cape Town -- England, 1836 -- Great Britain, 1836-1838 -- TZATZOE IN KURUMAN -- King William's Town, 1838-1845 -- British Kaffraria, 1845-1868 -- Epilogue -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786141003321 |
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Levine Roger S
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| New Haven [Conn.], : Yale University Press, c2011 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A living man from Africa : Jan Tzatzoe, Xhosa chief and missionary, and the making of nineteenth-century South Africa / / Roger S. Levine
| A living man from Africa : Jan Tzatzoe, Xhosa chief and missionary, and the making of nineteenth-century South Africa / / Roger S. Levine |
| Autore | Levine Roger S |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven [Conn.], : Yale University Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1 online resource (xiii, 291 p., [16] p. of plates) ) : ill., maps |
| Disciplina |
968.00496/39850092
B |
| Collana | New directions in narrative history |
| Soggetto topico |
Xhosa (African people) - Kings and rulers
Missionaries - South Africa Christian biography - South Africa Social change - South Africa - History - 19th century |
| ISBN |
1-299-46352-5
0-300-16859-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Maps -- INTRODUCTION -- Kelso, Scotland, 1837 -- Xhosaland, 1810 -- Bethelsdorp, 1811-1815 -- Makana's Kraal, 1816 -- Kat River, 1816-1818 -- Fish River Valley, 1822 -- iQonce, 1825-1832 -- Buffalo River, 1833-1835 -- Queen Adelaide Province, 1835-1836 -- Charles Darwin in Cape Town -- England, 1836 -- Great Britain, 1836-1838 -- TZATZOE IN KURUMAN -- King William's Town, 1838-1845 -- British Kaffraria, 1845-1868 -- Epilogue -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808404903321 |
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Levine Roger S
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| New Haven [Conn.], : Yale University Press, c2011 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The politics of a South African frontier : the Griqua, the Sotho-Tswana and the missionaries, 1780-1840 / / Martin Chatfield Legassick ; introduction by Robert Ross
| The politics of a South African frontier : the Griqua, the Sotho-Tswana and the missionaries, 1780-1840 / / Martin Chatfield Legassick ; introduction by Robert Ross |
| Autore | Legassick Martin |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel, Switzerland : , : Basler Afrika Bibliographien, , 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxii, 394 p. ) : 5 geneal. tables, 6 maps ; |
| Disciplina | 305.800968 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | LegassickMartin |
| Soggetto topico |
Griquas - Missions - South Africa
Sotho (African people) - Missions - South Africa Tswana (African people) - Missions - South Africa Griquas - History Missions - South Africa - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 3-905758-55-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- The Sotho-Tswana people before 1800 -- The evolution of a frontier society, 1700-1775 -- The frontier zone and colonial policy, c. 1770-1815 -- The development of the Griqua state, 1800-1820 -- The frontier zone in Transorangia, 1800-1820 -- The Griqua and the colonial government, 1815-1826 -- Dislocation in Transorangia, 1820-1826 - The new balance of power, 1826-1832 -- John Philip, Robert Moffat, and the Griqua, 1819-1832 -- Griqua expansionism, I: Andreis Waterboer in Transorangia, 1832-1836 -- Griqua expansionism, II: church and state at Griquatown and Philippolis, 1836-1842 -- The decline of Griqua hegemony -- Conclusion. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463872303321 |
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Legassick Martin
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| Basel, Switzerland : , : Basler Afrika Bibliographien, , 2010 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The politics of a South African frontier : the Griqua, the Sotho-Tswana and the missionaries, 1780-1840 / / Martin Chatfield Legassick ; introduction by Robert Ross
| The politics of a South African frontier : the Griqua, the Sotho-Tswana and the missionaries, 1780-1840 / / Martin Chatfield Legassick ; introduction by Robert Ross |
| Autore | Legassick Martin |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel, Switzerland : , : Basler Afrika Bibliographien, , 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxii, 394 p. ) : 5 geneal. tables, 6 maps ; |
| Disciplina | 305.800968 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | LegassickMartin |
| Soggetto topico |
Griquas - Missions - South Africa
Sotho (African people) - Missions - South Africa Tswana (African people) - Missions - South Africa Griquas - History Missions - South Africa - History |
| ISBN | 3-905758-55-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- The Sotho-Tswana people before 1800 -- The evolution of a frontier society, 1700-1775 -- The frontier zone and colonial policy, c. 1770-1815 -- The development of the Griqua state, 1800-1820 -- The frontier zone in Transorangia, 1800-1820 -- The Griqua and the colonial government, 1815-1826 -- Dislocation in Transorangia, 1820-1826 - The new balance of power, 1826-1832 -- John Philip, Robert Moffat, and the Griqua, 1819-1832 -- Griqua expansionism, I: Andreis Waterboer in Transorangia, 1832-1836 -- Griqua expansionism, II: church and state at Griquatown and Philippolis, 1836-1842 -- The decline of Griqua hegemony -- Conclusion. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788200503321 |
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Legassick Martin
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| Basel, Switzerland : , : Basler Afrika Bibliographien, , 2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The politics of a South African frontier : the Griqua, the Sotho-Tswana and the missionaries, 1780-1840 / / Martin Chatfield Legassick ; introduction by Robert Ross
| The politics of a South African frontier : the Griqua, the Sotho-Tswana and the missionaries, 1780-1840 / / Martin Chatfield Legassick ; introduction by Robert Ross |
| Autore | Legassick Martin |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel, Switzerland : , : Basler Afrika Bibliographien, , 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxii, 394 p. ) : 5 geneal. tables, 6 maps ; |
| Disciplina | 305.800968 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | LegassickMartin |
| Soggetto topico |
Griquas - Missions - South Africa
Sotho (African people) - Missions - South Africa Tswana (African people) - Missions - South Africa Griquas - History Missions - South Africa - History |
| ISBN | 3-905758-55-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- The Sotho-Tswana people before 1800 -- The evolution of a frontier society, 1700-1775 -- The frontier zone and colonial policy, c. 1770-1815 -- The development of the Griqua state, 1800-1820 -- The frontier zone in Transorangia, 1800-1820 -- The Griqua and the colonial government, 1815-1826 -- Dislocation in Transorangia, 1820-1826 - The new balance of power, 1826-1832 -- John Philip, Robert Moffat, and the Griqua, 1819-1832 -- Griqua expansionism, I: Andreis Waterboer in Transorangia, 1832-1836 -- Griqua expansionism, II: church and state at Griquatown and Philippolis, 1836-1842 -- The decline of Griqua hegemony -- Conclusion. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822907103321 |
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Legassick Martin
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| Basel, Switzerland : , : Basler Afrika Bibliographien, , 2010 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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