On Route in South Africa

On Route in South Africa (Third Edition Illustrated Travel Guide)

A Region-by-Region Guide to South Africa's Towns, Villages and Cities, Arranged in 37 Chapters from Cape Town Outwards

Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: On Route in South Africa: Explore South Africa region by region
• Publisher: Sunbird Publishers
• ISBN-13: 9781920289645
• Edition Details: Third Edition, revised and updated.
• Binding: Publisher's illustrated paperback wrappers, perfect bound, with a printed red spine.
• Physical Format: Large softcover (trade paperback format). Illustrated with colour photographs and regional maps with route directions.
• Language: English

Official Condition Report

• The Book: Very Good (VG)
• Exterior / Wraps: The illustrated picture-card wrappers are clean and bright to the front cover, which carries a red 'New Edition 100 000 copies sold' sticker at the lower right. The red spine is evenly coloured and unbroken. The back cover has a small crease or tear at the left edge near the zebra photograph, together with some light surface rubbing.
• Interior: The title page is clean and bright, with no marks visible.
• The Dust Jacket: Not Applicable (As Issued)

Synopsis & Historical Value

On Route in South Africa is a completely revised and updated travel guide that invites the reader to explore the country region by region. Its 37 chapters begin in Cape Town and radiate outwards, covering the towns, villages and cities of South Africa together with their histories.

Detailed regional maps are complemented by route directions within the text, and this third edition carries expanded text with more than 500 new photographs in a contemporary layout.

The guide has long been regarded as a classic of South African travel writing, and earlier editions have a loyal following among both residents and visitors. This copy carries the red sticker announcing 100 000 copies sold, a useful record of the book's popularity. It is a useful reference for travellers, local-history readers and collectors of South African travel literature.

Author Profile: B.P.J. Erasmus

On Route in South Africa is by B.P.J. Erasmus. An Afrikaans reference entry for a writer of that name, Barend Petrus Jacobus Erasmus (1930-2012), credits him with Op Pad in Suid-Afrika, the Afrikaans counterpart of this guide. He spent a large part of his career in the diplomatic service in The Hague and London, and edited various magazines, among them Panorama.

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