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FIONA CAPSTICK: Rare African Maps and Books from the Personal Library of Peter Capstick
Currency:USD
Category:Antiquities
Start Price:1,500.00 USD
Estimated At:15,500.00 USD and UP
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5,500.00USDby K********6
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Ewart Scott Grogan, author of FROM CAPE TO CAIRO, published in 1900, and Mary Hall, author of A WOMAN'S TREK FROM THE CAPE TO CAIRO, published in 1907, became the first man and woman, respectively, in recorded history to have travelled overland from Cape Town to Cairo, a distance of about 6,000 miles. These two books, which are in collectible condition and of significant provenance, are accompanied by two highly sought-after maps of the African Continent, both professionally encapsulated in beautiful matching frames. Together, they form part of pioneering African hunting and exploration literature, a literature dominated by the English language. Ewart Grogan, an Anglo-Irishman born into a distinguished family in England in 1874, undertook his historic hunting and exploration safari in 1896, in order to win the approval of his future aristocratic father-in-law who insisted he first do something 'worthwhile' with his life before he could marry his daughter. Grogan, a prolific hunter, wrote a book bursting with high adventure, near-death experiences, and excursions into hardly known cultures. His historic, successful journey resulted in fame, a personal audience with Queen Victoria… and marriage to the girl of his dreams. He became a founder of the British East African Protectorate - today's Kenya - where he was a feisty politician, bold entrepreneur, and the largest landowner. Grogan's increasingly scarce book, which is often highly controversial and provocative, is a key feature in any truly significant library of Africana devoted to African hunting and exploration. He was invited to become a Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society. This magnetic man died in Cape Town in 1967, just shy of his 93rd birthday, frail and alone. Mary Hall, born in England in 1857, became a world traveller who spent time in Australia, New Zealand, East Asia, the South Pacific, China, and Siberia. She is especially esteemed for her truly historic solo safari from the southern tip of Africa to Cairo in the extreme north of the continent. This intrepid woman set out alone in 1905, at the age of 48 and accompanied only by her small dog, Maafi, to traverse the African continent from the extreme south to the extreme north on foot, by rail and boat, in dugout canoes, in machilas and in rickshaws. Although a non-hunter, this remarkable woman brought alive a little-known world in all its wild beauty, assorted dangers, and diverse cultures of a now-vanished Africa through her elegant writing, her excellent photography, and important maps. This scarce book was part of an early force in helping women rediscover their strong independence through travel and, in so doing, to reconnect in numerous cases, with their hunting heritage. She was one of a miniscule group of women invited to become a Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society in 1913, just six years before her death in England at the age of just 62. DSC FOUNDATION THANKS FIONA CAPSTICK FOR THIS 100% DONATION. REFERENCE THE CHARITABLE DEDUCTION QUALIFICATIONS IN THE OFFICAL RULES SECTION OF THE AUCTION CATALOG. Fiona Capstick, ralli@mweb.co.za.
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