English military engineer and artist (1807–1848)

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The highlands of Aethiopia / By Major W. Cornwallis Harris.

The wild sports of Southern Africa; being the narrative of an expedition from the Cape of Good Hope, through the territories of the chief Moselekatse, to the Tropic of Capricorn / By Captain William Cornwallis Harris.

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William Cornwallis Harris

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The highlands of Aethiopia / By Major W. Cornwallis Harris.

The wild sports of Southern Africa; being the narrative of an expedition from the Cape of Good Hope, through the territories of the chief Moselekatse, to the Tropic of Capricorn / By Captain William Cornwallis Harris.