Representing Africa: Landscape, Exploration and Empire in Southern Africa, 1780-1870

by John McAleer

Southern Africa played a varied but vital role in Britain's maritime and imperial stories: it was one of the most intricate pieces in the British imperial strategic jigsaw, and representations of southern African landscape and maritime spaces reflect its multifaceted position.

'Representing Africa' examines the ways in which British travellers, explorers and artists viewed southern Africa in a period of evolving and expanding British interest...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719081041
• ISBN13: 9780719081040
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"