THROUGH MATABELELAND 10 Months in a OX-WAGGON Rhodesia in 1887 Lobengula Gold

Description: THROUGH MATABELELAND THE RECORD OF A TEN MONTHS TRIP IN AN OX-WAGGON THROUGH MASHONALAND AND MATABELELAND JOSEPH GARBETT WOOD BOOKS OF RHODESIA 1974 22 x 15 cm. [13] + iv +198 pp + plates + fold out map. Volume 33 of the Rhodesia Reprint Library. Facsimile reproduction of the 1893 edition with additional portraits, and a new Foreword by Edward C. Tabler. 'The existence of Rhodesia's 'ancient' A gold-workings was discovered by Henry Hartley in 1865. Two years later the German geologist. Carl Mauch, who confirmed the presence of payable gold, made further discoveries near Tati in Botswana which opened up a traffic in concession-hunting. Prospectors came in a steady stream to the court of Lobengula until 1888 when Rhodes, through the Rudd Concession, obtained the complete and exclusive rights to all minerals in the Matabele kingdom. This work is the account of the Wood-Chapman-Francis syndicate of concession-hunters from Grahamstown who visited Matabeleland in 1887 — the time of most intense competition for the supposed golden riches. The leader, Joseph Garbett Wood was a prominent man of the Eastern Province, a descendant of an 1820 Settler. Chapman and Francis, also with South African backgrounds, were old 'interior' hands with earlier experiences of prospecting at Tati and in Matabeleland. After lengthy negotiations with Lobengula — the description of which parts the curtains on the fascinating scene of the royal kraal, the customs and mode of living of the Matabele, and the degree of commerce already established in the interior — the Syndicate was granted a concession between the Shashi and Macloutsie rivers, the ownership of which territory was in dispute between Lobengula and Khama III of the Ngwato. The manoeuvrings which followed involved the Imperial authorities and Rhodes's powerful interests, the sequence and outcome of events being not untypical of the in-fighting and intrigue of those jostling days. The reprint carries a new Foreword by Edw. C. Tabler, and additional portraits of Wood and Chapman. In the original this work is now almost as rare as was the gold sought by the concessionaires. The volume contains a most interesting narrative of the journeys through Matabeleland, Mashonaland, and Bechuanaland, including an excellent description of the natives, their customs and industries. (Mendelssohn, South African Bibliography). THROUGH MATABELELAND THE RECORD OF A TEN MONTHS' TRIP IN AN OX-WAGGON THROUGH MASHONALAND AND MATABELELAND JOSEPH GARBETT WOOD BOOKS OF RHODESIA 1974 Volume 33 of the Rhodesia Reprint Library. Facsimile reproduction of the 1893 edition with additional portraits, and a new Foreword by Edward C. Tabler. 'The existence of Rhodesia's 'ancient' gold-workings was discovered by Henry Hartley in 1865. Two years later the German geologist. Carl Mauch, who confirmed the presence of payable gold, made further discoveries near Tati in Botswana which opened up a traffic in concession-hunting. Prospectors came in a steady stream to the court of Lobengula until 1888 when Rhodes, through the Rudd Concession, obtained the complete and exclusive rights to all minerals in the Matabele kingdom. This work is the account of the Wood-Chapman-Francis syndicate of concession-hunters from Grahamstown who visited Matabeleland in 1887 — the time of most intense competition for the supposed golden riches. The leader, Joseph Garbett Wood was a prominent man of the Eastern Province, a descendant of an 1820 Settler. Chapman and Francis, also with South African backgrounds, were old 'interior' hands with earlier experiences of prospecting at Tati and in Matabeleland. After lengthy negotiations with Lobengula — the description of which parts the curtains on the fascinating scene of the royal kraal, the customs and mode of living of the Matabele, and the degree of commerce already established in the interior — the Syndicate was granted a concession between the Shashi and Macloutsie rivers, the ownership of which territory was in dispute between Lobengula and Khama III of the Ngwato. The manoeuvrings which followed involved the Imperial authorities and Rhodes's powerful interests, the sequence and outcome of events being not untypical of the in-fighting and intrigue of those jostling days. The reprint carries a new Foreword by E. C. Tabler, and additional portraits of Wood and Chapman. In the original this work is now almost as rare as was the gold sought by the concessionaires. The volume contains a most interesting narrative of the journeys through Matabeleland, Mashonaland, and Bechuanaland, including an excellent description of the natives, their customs and industries. (Mendelssohn, South African Bibliography). 22 x 15 cm. [13] + iv + 198 pp + plates + fold out map. Very good + condition. Previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown, page edges age toned. Pictures sell! Auctiva offers Free Image Hosting and Editing. The complete eBay Selling Solution.

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