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==South Africa== [[File:John Barrow00a.jpg|thumb|upright=1.22|right|{{center|The Castle at Cape Town in about 1800, painted by John Barrow}}]] In 1797, Barrow accompanied Lord Macartney as private secretary in his mission to settle the government of the newly acquired [[colony of the Cape of Good Hope]]. Barrow was entrusted with the task of reconciling the [[Boer]] settlers and the native Black population and of reporting on the country in the interior. In the course of the trip, he visited all parts of the colony; when he returned, he was appointed auditor-general of public accounts. He then decided to settle in South Africa, married, and bought a house in 1800 in [[Cape Town]]. However, the surrender of the colony at the [[peace of Amiens]] (1802) upset this plan. During his travels through South Africa, Barrow compiled copious notes and sketches of the countryside that he was traversing. The outcome of his journeys was a map which, despite its numerous errors, was the first published modern map of the southern parts of the [[Cape Colony]].<ref>''Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa'' vol 2 (1970)</ref> Barrow's descriptions of South Africa greatly influenced Europeans' understanding of South Africa and its peoples.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Verkenningen van Zuid-Afrika: achttiende-eeuwse reizigers aan de Kaap|last=Huigens|first=Siegfriend|publisher=Walburg Pers|year=2007|page=139|isbn=9789057304644|location=Zutphen|language=nl}}</ref> [[William John Burchell]] (1781โ1863) was particularly scathing: ''"As to the miserable thing called a map, which has been prefixed to Mr. Barrowโs quarto, I perfectly agree with [[Martin Lichtenstein|Professor Lichtenstein]], that it is so defective that it can seldom be found of any use."''{{cn|date=January 2023}}
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