Codex Witsenii : annotated watercolours of landscapes, flora and fauna observed on the expedition to the Copper Mountains in the country of the Namaqua undertaken in 1685-6 by Simon van der Stel, Commander at the Cape of Good Hope. Copied at the Cape in 1692 for Nicolaas Witsen, Mayor of Amsterdan, Member of the Amsterdam Chamber of the Dutch East India Company, Ambassador to Great Britain, & c, &c. / edited by M.L. Wilson, Th. Toussaint van Hove-Exalto and W.J.J. van Rijssen.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Wilson, M. L. (Michael Lewis) Van Hove, T. Toussaint (Thea Toussaint) Van Rijssen, W. J. J.
Language:	English Dutch
Language and/or Writing System:	Descriptions of plates in Dutch and English.
Published:	Cape Town : The Netherlands : Iziko Museums of Cape Town ; Davidii Media, 2002.
Subjects:	Stel, Simon van der, > 1639-1712 > Travel > South Africa > Namaqualand. Botany > South Africa > Namaqualand > Pictorial works. Zoology > South Africa > Namaqualand > Pictorial works. Natural history illustration > 17th century > South Africa > Namaqualand. Voyages and travels > 17th century > South Africa > Namaqualand. Namaqualand (South Africa) > Discovery and exploration > 17th century.
Genre:	Pictorial works.
Physical Description:	viii, 190 pages : frontispiece, portrait, color facsimiles, maps ; 31 cm
Format:	Book

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