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Thomas Baines Autograph Journal of His First Journey Into the South African Gold Fields, Transvaal and Matabeleland, 12 May 1869 -2 April 1870

出版	1869
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=WsHpsgEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋This journal covers approximately the first half of Baines' first journey as agent of the South African Gold Fields Exploration Company, describing the incidents of the journey north from the borders of the Transvaal Republic into modern Zimbabwe as far as Maghunda, including encounters with tribesmen, traders, missionaries and wildlife, negotiations with the chieftain Umnombate for permission to explore, prospecting for gold near the Hartley Hills, early interviews with the last Matabele King, Lobengula (or Nobengulu), and descriptions of the daily practical business of pioneering travel in southern Africa.