Description
In 1851 he departed Scotland to begin the 90 day voyage to Durban. He partook in the three hunting trips in Zululand between 1852 and 1856. Exploring the Transvaal in 1857 and venturing to Lake Ngami in 1858, becoming the second white man to see the famed Victoria Falls. On this trip he met up with acclaimed naturalist and explorer, Dr Livingstone. This book is a compilation of his journals, whereby he describes in vivid detail, his discomforts, his brushes with death as a result of the wild beasts and the hostile environment. This book is a must for any collector fascinated by the hunting and exploration pioneers in Africa in the 1800’s.
Condition: good, light wear to boards, head and foot of spine. Foxing to prelims. Deckled edges. Binding: Brown cloth to board with decorative gilt (fading due to being 129 years old copy) emblem to cover and title to spine. Hardcover. Condition: Good. 3rd Edition. Pp x, 428. 11 plates (some tinted lithographs) Folding map. Numerous illustrations in the text. Original cloth, worn and faded. Gilding to front cover and lettering to spine very dull. Frontis spotted and edges worn. Prelims and half title page foxed. Otherwise sound and tight.
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