Travels in South Africa, Undertaken at the Request of the Missionary Society, Being a Narrative of a Second Journey in the Interior of That Country [two volume set]

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First edition in two volumes. 1822. 8vo. Very nicely bound in half black calf with marble boards. Bookplate of Charles Borlase, the mayor of Wellington, New Zealand. All prints present. Lacks half titles and list of plates. Hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece to each volume. Hand-coloured folding map and 10 hand-coloured aquatint plates. John Campbell (1766-1840) was a Scottish missionary and traveller. He was passionate about Christian philanthropy, which led to his founding of the Magdalene Society in 1793 and the Missionary Magazine (Edinburgh) in 1796. He travelled to preach in neglected villages, promoting the establishment of Sunday schools. The Magdalen Asylum to help prostitutes in England and Glasgow, founded by Campbell, was one of several societies he created to help those in need. He opposed the slave trade and became involved in the Society for the Education of Africans. Through collaboration with James Alexander Haldane, he brought30-40 African children to England to be educated. In 1812 he was sent by the London Missionary Society to inspect mission stations in Cape. His account of the trip was published in 1815 on his return, titled "Travels in South Africa, undertaken at the request of the Missionary Society". Campbell returned to Cape in 1819, this time to improve those mission stations that had fallen into neglect. In 1820, he travelled north from Cape to Mosega in Barotseland and the Kaditshwene settlement near the Limpopo River. He left Cape for England in 1821 and published two further volumes covering his journey. A very fine copy of the first edition of Campbell's second tour of South Africa. N° de ref. del artículo KOC0027967

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