The Art of African Exploration
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 Image number:SIL28-286-01
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  From:
Journal of a journey into South African gold fields, Transvaal and Matabeleland, 1869–1870

Thomas Baines 1820–1875
Manuscript,

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Thomas Baines was a talented artist, well known for his paintings of Victoria Falls. This page from a journal he kept during a voyage through Southern Africa in 1869-1870 includes a sketch of the Zambesi river and its tributaries.
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