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Travels and Adventures in Eastern Africa by Nathaniel Isaacs; Vol. I

Travels and Adventures in Eastern Africa by Nathaniel Isaacs; Vol. I

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Isaacs' journal is one of the earliest European accounts of Natal and the Zulu kingdom. The first volume opens in 1825 when Isaacs first went to Natal. Most of the volume is devoted to an extended description of Shaka and his society and culture.

Louis Trigardt’s Trek across the Drakensberg, 1837-1838

Louis Trigardt’s Trek across the Drakensberg, 1837-1838

admin2023-05-06T10:37:05+00:00July 25th, 1932|

This volume reconstructs Trigardt's journey into Natal, using his diary as the basis for this journey. It also records his comments about the people he encountered en route.

The Diary of the Rev. F. Owen, Missionary with Dingaan, together with the accounts of Zulu affairs by the interpreters, Messrs. Hully and Kirkman

The Diary of the Rev. F. Owen, Missionary with Dingaan, together with the accounts of Zulu affairs by the interpreters, Messrs. Hully and Kirkman

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Owen produced one of the best-known descriptions of life in Dingaan's kraal, including an account of the Retief massacre, of which he was the only white witness. This was the first time that the diary had been published in its entirety, apart from the Bechuanaland portion 'which had been re-written to include the history but to exclude the theology'.