Through South Africa Stanley Paperback Cambridge University Press 9781108031172

Through South AfricaBeing an Account of his Recent Visit to Rhodesia, the Transvaal, Cape Colony and Natal\nAuthor(s): Henry Morton Stanley\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108031172, 978-1108031172\nSynopsis\nHenry Morton Stanley [tel], the Welsh-born explorer famous for his 1871 meeting with the missionary David Livingstone, travelled widely in Africa. First published in 1898, this is a compendium of letters written by Stanley during his travels to Bulawayo, Johannesburg and Pretoria, which lend a unique insight into colonial South Africa in the late nineteenth century. Focusing on the country's culture and commercial development, he recalls his impressions of industries such as railways, farms and gold mines, social issues such as immigration and poverty, and the contentious relations between the Boer peoples and the British colonists which led to the Second Boer War. Through his passionate.