This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Cape Town Plot and Roosevelt Safari Tales
Capt. Frits Duquesne, Boer veteran and famed hunter, recounts his Africa exploits from the Cape Town plot to Roosevelt’s expedition. He details heavy calibers, dangerous near-misses with elephants, shikarees like Nick, prices of ammunition, and the perilous realities of big game hunting in East Africa amid disease and hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capt
Frits Duquesne
South Africa
Europe
Congo
Colenso
Duquesne
Mosambique
Petit Blew
Lorenzo Marquis
Naples
Brussels
Leyds
Cape Town
Cape Colony
Bermuda
Roosevelt
Africa
America
Jo Weed
Ue & Small
London
Ike
Lake Country
Lake Albert Edward N'Yanna
Lake Kivu
Nick
Senegal
Guna
Cunninghame
Nick Fred
The
Cape
Cairo
Zanzibar
Havana
Lake Tanganyika
Alsundown
Benj. B. Hampton