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Travels In The Interior Of South Africa, Comprising Fifteen Years' Hunting And Trading; With Journeys Across The Continent From Natal To Walvis Bay, A

Travels In The Interior Of South Africa, Comprising Fifteen Years' Hunting And Trading; With Journeys Across The Continent From Natal To Walvis Bay, A

Chapman, James

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ISBN10: 9354503462
ISBN13: 9789354503467
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 6 2021
Pages: 484
Weight: 2.45
Height: 0.97 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Follow the wagon tracks far beyond the mapped world. James Chapman records southern Africa as he saw it - hard won, magnificent, and changing fast. A voice from the veld. Travels in the Interior of South Africa is a Victorian Africa travelogue and hunting and trading memoir drawn from fifteen years on the move. Chapman crosses rivers, deserts, and trading routes on interior South Africa journeys that run from Natal to Walvis Bay, with a lake Ngami expedition and a later approach to the Victoria Falls, in the era of David Livingstone era explorers. He writes with a practical eye for routes, supplies, local politics, languages, and the economics of exchange, alongside big game hunting accounts that reveal both the allure and the cost of frontier life. The result is armchair travel reading with grit: a public domain travel narrative that still feels immediate. His observations sit beside maps-in-the-making, the rhythms of camp life, weather, and negotiation, and the constant judgement calls of overland travel daily itself. For readers of African exploration classics collection, this volume stands as an African history primary source for nineteenth century southern Africa, capturing landscapes and encounters before modern borders and infrastructures reshaped the region. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. Add it to a classics shelf, or open it simply to travel further than you expected.

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