Zoology of South Africa - REPTILIA

Faksimile Saarbrücken der Ausgabe London 1849, geb, 383 Seiten, 78 Farbtafeln, Großformat 30,5 x 23 cm. Consisting chiefly of figures and descriptions of the objects of natural history collected during an Expedition into the interior of South Africa, in the years 1834, 1835, and 1836. Fitted out by "The Cape of Good Hope Association for exploring Central Africa" by Andrew Smith, Deputy Inspector General of Army Hospitals, Director of the Expedition. Sir Andrew Smith KCB (3 December 1797 – 11 August 1872) was a Scottish surgeon, explorer, ethnologist and zoologist. He is considered the father of zoology in South Africa having described many species across a wide range of groups in his major work, Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa. In 1820 he was ordered to the Cape Colony and was sent to Grahamstown to supervise the medical care of European soldiers and soldiers of the Cape Corps.