THE HERSCHEL OBELISK, CLASSICS, AND EGYPTOMANIA AT THE CAPE
Immediately prior to his departure from Cape Town to England in 1838, Sir John Herschel sold the estate, ‘Feldhausen’,1 on which he had erected his telescope and had conducted his astronomical observations, to Mr. R. J. Jones, an auctioneer. The property was sold with a servitude: a circular patch o...
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Language: | Afrikaans |
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Stellenbsoch University, Department of Ancient Studies
2012-03-01
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Series: | Akroterion |
Online Access: | http://akroterion.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/66 |