DIAS AND HIS SUCCESSORS (EDITOR: E AXELSON) IN SOUTH AFRICA

  Dias and His Successors (Editor: E Axelson) Published by Saayman & Weber Pty Ltd, Cape Town, South Africa (1988) Some foxing, age toning. Dustwrapper loose and moved on spine. Dustwrapper has some shelfwear small tears, boards a bit chipped. Some insect damage. Contributions by Eric Axelson, Charles Boxer, Graham Bell-Cross & Colin Martin. 159 pages, 32 charts in colour and black & white, brown cloth. /'Bartolomeu Dias in 1488 rounded Africa and entered the Indian Ocean, with vital consequences for both Europe and Asia. The voyage was epoch-making. This volume, published on the fifth centenary of the voyage, contains information about the Dias voyage and subsequent Portuguese maritime activities in South African waters; it includes a section on the development of Portuguese nautical science, especially of maritime cartography, during the period of the Discoveries and into the seventeenth century/'. Editor/'s note. Follow Eleven O'Clock on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ElevenOClockAfricanaBooks/ Conditions: Please read conditions before bidding. NON PAYING WINNING BIDDERS - Please do not bid on an item unless you intend on completing the transaction. NEGATIVE feedback will be posted for non paying winning bidder Postage will be quoted according to the size of the item. Please do not make a cash deposit at the bank. If you must, please add on R50 for the deposit fee. If more than one item has been ordered, postage may be reduced. Books will be posted after payment has cleared in my bank account. Once an item is posted I will not be held accountable for the item, but will help where I can. Items sent and not collected at the Post Office and that are sent back to me will have to pay postage again. if this is not done with 1 month the item will be relisted. Overseas buyers to have postage quoted. Please note I do not have PayPal or credit card facilities.   Save Save