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BAINES Thomas
The Gold Regions of S.E. Africa.
London: Edward Stanford. 1877
Cape Colony: J.W.C. Mackay. 1877
Bulawayo: Republished by Books of Rhodesia. 1968
The autobiographical account by the artist, explorer and map maker, who visited Victoria Falls and the country that became Rhodesia several times in the 1860s and 1870s.
Includes a large fold out and undamaged map of Southern Africa. This publication is a must have for persons interested in the early history of Southern and Central Africa.
A hardback edition in good condition, although there is a brown mark on the first inside page, which is otherwise blank. It comes with a protective dust jacket, which although untorn, is slightly chafed along the edges and sun faded along the spine.