TRAIL OF THE COPPER KING & TO THE SHORES OF NATAL Signed

TRAIL OF THE COPPER KING

Mustard yellow boards with red type. End paper maps. 239 pp

Illustrated by A.A. Telford in black & white line drawings, chapter heading vignettes and a large decorative illustration on the title page. Dustjacket worn with minor chips. Some browning to half title page otherwise clean.

Story of Orlando Baragwanath and the colourful company of prospectors who changed the destiny of Southern Africa in his quest to find the Copper Belt of Northern Rhodesia.

He took part in the suppression of the Matabele uprising in 1899 and was prevented from prospecting by the Anglo-Boer War. Eventually, however, together with his friend Frank Lewis he traversed the untamed regions of Northern Rhodesia (now known as Zambia.) The two men will always be remembered for their part in opening up the copper-belt, on behalf of the Northern Territories Exploration Company - an offshoot of Rhodes' British South Africa Company.

TO THE SHORES OF NATAL Signed

Illustrated by Barbara Tyrrell.

Signed and inscribed by author on half title page. Green linen boards with black type to spine
340pp. Maps as end papers. Dustjacket has considerable wear to edges but holding. Binding cracked at end papers and shaken but holding. Endpapers toned.

To the Shores of Natal by T. V. Bulpin is a lyrical historical travel account of Natal, evoking its golden beaches, palm-lined lagoons, green hills, local traditions, and adventures, while also touching on the pioneers, place names, South Coast gold rush, and Drakensberg legends .It is essentially a vivid portrait of Natal as a beautiful and storied part of South Africa.