OURSOUTH AFRICA: PAST AND PRESENT FIRST 1938 EDITION ISSUED BY THE UNITED TOBACCOCOMPANY WITH 200 CIGARETTE CARDS PASTED IN CONTAINING SOME OLD MAPS

WONDERFULL ENTERTAINING BOOK OUR SOUTH AFRICA PAST AND PRESENT BY GRAHAM BOTHA FIRST EDITION, ISSUED BY THE UNITED TOBACO COS,(SOUTH) LIMITED AND PUBLISHED BY THE CAPE TIMES LTD. IN 1938.

IT HAD BLANK PHOTOPHRAMES FOR 200 CIGARETTE CARDS TO BE PASTED IN. ALL BUT ONE ON P72 HAS BEEN COLLECTED AND PASTED IN.

IT IS A GRAPHIC AND ENTERTAINING STORY DEALING WITH MEN AND MATTERS CONCERNING SOUTH AFRICA FROM ITS FIRST DISCOVERY BY THE GREAT PORTUGESE NAVIGATORS IN 1485 UP TO THE PRESENT DAY (1938 AT THAT TIME) BY C.GRAHAM BOTHA. THIS VOLUME WHEN COMPLETED CONTAINS 200 PICTURES ISSUED BY THE UNITED TOBACCO COS (SOUTH) LIMITED.

HARDCOVER WITH GREEN CLOTH WITH GOLD GILT TO FRONT. SPINE OF COVER HAS BEEN BROKEN OFF.

SIGNED: STRATIS FOTAKIS 1939 (ASSUME PREVIOUS OWNER)

INTERESTING THINGS TO LOOK OUT FOR IN THIS BOOK:

1. MAP OF AFRICA 1666:

INTERESTINGLY IT SHOWS SOUTHERN AFRICA AS MONOMOTAPA.

Mutapa (Portuguese Monomotapa meaning Prince of the Land) was an African Shona empire covering vast territories in what are now modern day Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique and South Africa.

There are several Mutapa origin stories, the most widely accepted told by oral tradition is of a warrior prince named Nyatsimba Mutota from the Kingdom of Zimbabwe who expanded the reach of the kingdom initially to discover new sources of salt.

2. POST OFFICE STONES

It was customary for callers at the Cape in the early days to bury engraved particulars of the name of their ship, where from and where to, date of arrival etc under large stone slabs called Post Office Stones.

3. MAP SHOWING EXTENT OF CAPE COLONY IN THE 1700S ON PAGE 19

4. GREAT STORM OF 1865 IN WHICH 30 SHIPS WERE STRANDED ORSUNK ON PAGE 125

5. MAP SHOWING EXTENT OF RAILWAYS IN 1882 ON PAGE 117

6. JOHANNESBURGS FIRST POST OFFICE IN 1887 ON PAGE 134

SIZE: 20CM WIDE 26CM HIGH 5CM DEEP

COMPLETENESS: IT HAS ALL THE TOBACCO CARDS EXCEPT FOR THEONE ON PAGE 72.

Condition: SPINE OF COVER HAS BROKEN OFF. INSIDE IN GOOD CONDITION.

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