Description: East African Safari Big Game Hunting; A HUNTER'S WANDERINGS IN AFRICA The African Collection 1986 A Hunter's Wanderings in Africa: Being a Narrative of Nine Years Spent Amongst the Game of the Far Interior of South Africa by Frederick Courteney Selous (Author) A friend of Theodore Roosevelt, Cecil Rhodes and Frederick Russell, he also inspired the novelist H. Rider Haggard to write the Allan Quartermain adventure series. His life was full of adventure, and his book, A Hunter’s Wandering in Africa, is a brilliantly engaging account that takes the reader back in time to the heart of Africa. He records in minute detail the fascinating flora and fauna that he saw around him as he traipsed further and further into this unexplored continent. For nine years he wandering across the lands of central and southern Africa, exploring, hunting and recording what he saw. His account is one of the most fascinating accounts of this great continent in the mid-nineteenth century. Although it may seem contradictory to modern sensibilities, Selous the master-hunter was also a great conservationist who did a great deal to preserve wildlife in Africa and improve our knowledge of some of these spectacular animals. He donated many of the animals that he shot to the Natural History Museum, which has allowed for their scientific study for over a century. He also acknowledged the damage that hunting was having upon wildlife and so after his death the Selous Game Reserve was set up to preserve 19,000 square miles of undisturbed nature. “Selous was a meticulous observer and recorder of nature who often became involved in academic debates involving zoology.” History in Africa Faux leather. Gild page edges. Hardbound 450 pages, 1986. The African Collection Excellent Condition; (just a few minor fingernail scuffs to gilt page edges on bottom only) Pages are clean and unmarked. No loose, torn or missing pages, bindings firm and tight. No water damage, mustiness, or odors. No highlighting, notes, underlining, or marks, etc. e-669-africa-wanderings e-669-africa-wanderings
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