James Chapman

Travels in the Interior of South Africa

Comprising Fifteen Years' Hunting and Trading

With Journeys Across the Continent from Natal to Walvisch Bay, and Visits to Lake Ngami and the Victoria Falls


London: Bell & Daldy, Edward Stanford, 1868

Below, the frontispiece and title-page of Volume 1 of the first edition

Below, the frontispiece and title-page of Volume 2 of the first edition

Below, another one of the striking illustrations

The map

Below, an image of a set of first edition volumes sold by Heritage Auctions in 2010 for $650

Below, an image of my copies of the set of volumes (first editions)