Das Neves (D. Fernandes): HUNTING EXPEDITION TO THE TRANSVAAL, Translated from the Portuguese by Mariana Monteiro

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Das Neves (D. Fernandes) : HUNTING EXPEDITION TO THE TRANSVAAL, Translated from the Portuguese by Mariana Monteiro

280 pages, 8vo (192 x 132 mm), original red gilt decorated cloth over bevelled boards, back dull, hinges simply repaired and with the bookplate of the South African Archaeological Society on the front paste-down endpaper, some light soiling throughout the text, edges uncut

Das Neves who visited the Transvaal in 1860 in order to hunt elephant and trade in ivory, records his impressions of the Transvaal during this period. He describes his experiences hunting game including hippopotamus, lion, and buffalo, and he also records the oral history of local Shangaan and Swazi regarding the events surrounding the assasination of Dingane. See Mendelssohn 1.416-417.

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