With A Show Through Southern Africa and Personal Reminiscences of the Transvaal War
by DUVAL, Charles
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- Paperback
- Condition
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London: Dean & Son. Fourth Edition; "Popular Edition". Softcover. Good. xvi, 310, [2] p. 19 cm. 35 b&w illustrations. Yellow card covers with dark spine. Boards soiled and edges worn. A few spots and some thumbing inside but overall neat and clean.
The author discusses his trip to Africa, Cape Town, Kimberley, diamond fields, the Orange Free State, Zulus, crossing the Drakensberg, Natal, Durban, Transvaal, Pretoria, etc. Line drawings of Port Elizabeth, a Zulu war dance, Umgeni Falls, Inquita Mountains, Boer prisoners, use of the heliograph, etc.
The author discusses his trip to Africa, Cape Town, Kimberley, diamond fields, the Orange Free State, Zulus, crossing the Drakensberg, Natal, Durban, Transvaal, Pretoria, etc. Line drawings of Port Elizabeth, a Zulu war dance, Umgeni Falls, Inquita Mountains, Boer prisoners, use of the heliograph, etc.
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- Title
- With A Show Through Southern Africa and Personal Reminiscences of the Transvaal War
- Author
- DUVAL, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Fourth Edition; "Popular Edition"
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Dean & Son
- Place of Publication
- London
- Keywords
- South Africa, Cape Town, Kimberley, Diamond mines, Orange Free State, Zulus, Basutos, Drakensburg, Natal, Durban, Transvaal, Pretoria, Port Elizabeth, Umgeni Falls, Inquita Mountains, Boers, Heliograph
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- Travel;
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