Description: REALITY VERSUS ROMANCE IN SOUTH CENTRAL AFRICA BEING AN ACCOUNT OF A JOURNEY ACROSS THE CONTINENT FROM BENGUELLA ON THE WEST THROUGH BIHE, GANGUELLA, BAROTSE, THE KALIHARI DESERT, MASHONALAND, MANICA, GORGONGOZA, NYASA, THE SHIRE HIGHLANDS, TO THE MOUTH OF THE ZAMBESI ON THE EAST COAST JAMES JOHNSTON FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY: NEW YORK 1893 First edition. The author visited King Liwanika at Lialui, where he met the well-known missionary, M. Coillard... The Marotse country was traversed, the author visiting the Gonye and. Victoria Falls, and there is an interesting account of the country and its inhabitants. The journey was now pursued to Bechuanaland, the author remaining for about a month at Palachwe, during which period he rendered valuable medical services to Khama's family and many of the inhabitants. From Palachwe the author travelled through Matabeleland and Mashonaland, and he gives an interesting account of Zimbabwe. (Mendelssohn, South African Bibliography) Despite Johnston's hunter-like attire and pose in the frontispiece, this work is primarily one of travel... . He does embark on hunts after hartebeest, impala, and ostrich, and describes a lion hunt near Salisbury. He is particularly disparaging regarding various literary works by African explorers such as Serpa Pinto. (Czech, Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books.) 25 x 17 cm. 353 pp + 51 photogravure plates + folding map. Very good condition, pictorial cloth tanned on the spine, with a paint mark and a bit grubby. Corners of the boards bumped, endpapers renewed, with previous owner's bookplate (Ernest E Testi) on front pastedown, 3 plates loose, map has a couple of splits along folds. Images sell! Get Supersized Images & Free Image Hosting Attention Sellers - Get Templates Image Hosting, Scheduling at Auctiva.com.
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Author: J Johnston
Binding: Hardback
Non-Fiction Subject: Travel Guides & Travel Stories
Language: English
Year Printed: 1893
Place of Publication: New York
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated, Map
Publisher: Revell
Region: Africa
Original/Facsimile: Original
Weight: 1600g
