African Assignment by Francis Wilfred de Guingand

Trip To Boërland: Or, A Year's Travel, Sport, And Gold-Digging In The Transvaal And Colony Of Natal by Rowland J Atcherley (1879) is a personal account of an Englishman's tour in the expanding colonial parts of South Africa in the late 1800's. There are dozens of African birds and fish named after him. He was born in Bengal and travelled extensively in Africa doing much big game hunting. William John Ansorge (1850 - 1913) was a British traveller and collector of zoological specimens. There is a Free eBook Vol I of the second edition of this book, titled 'Twenty Five Year In A Waggon:Sport And Travel In South Africa' 1888. There are also sporting encounters with lion, leopard, giraffe and buffalo, as well as the usual hunts for plains antelope for the pot. He then nearly died of thirst crossing the Kalahari Desert to Matabeleland, and later travelled in Namaqualand, Damaraland, and Ovampoland, also 'spending considerable time on the Orange River, shooting, boating geologising, and taking notes of everything of interest'. These books are the account of the author's expeditions in the Drakensberg Mountains in 1863, the Orange Free State and the area later known as Griqualand West, then later Bechuanaland. Twenty Five Year In A Waggon In The Gold Regions Of Africa by Andrew Anderson (1887).2 Volumes. In 1877 he was largely responsible for the preservation and transfer of the Egyptian obelisk, Cleopatra's Needle, to England. Alexander Bay on the Orange River mouth, is named after him. He collected rock specimens, animal and bird specimens, weapons and implements from the Herero and Nama, as well as drawing maps of the region and making a first list of Herero words. In 1836 he conducted a 2 year exploration expedition into Namaqualand and Damaraland. General Sir James Edward Alexander (1803 - 1885) was a Scottish traveller, author and soldier in the British Army. Included are advertisements from the early 1900's for William Evans and Rigby firearms, camping equipment and Hardy Bros fishing tackle.

The author includes much fascinating detail such as the timetables of shipping routes and railways, menus available on board, travel and tips on hunting areas, which game animals to expect and much more. The Sportsman's Guide To North-Western Rhodesia: The Big Game Country by Ferdinand Aitkens (1905) was published to introduce sport hunters and fishing enthusiasts to the delights in store in north-western Rhodesia, after the new railway route to Victoria Falls opened the region to the world.

African Assignment by Francis Wilfred de Guingand