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Author: David Saffery
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Published: 2006
Total Pages: 316
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKRhodesia Medal Roll is the first book to list all gazetted recipients of Rhodesian honours and decorations from their inception in 1970. It even includes over 1,700 previously unpublished awards made between September 1979 and the abolition of the Rhodesian honours system in October 1981.
Author: Peter Duckers
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Published: 2013-09-16
Total Pages: 251
ISBN-13: 1473829836
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFully revised second edition of Peter Duckers best-selling guide to military medals. This second edition of Peter Duckers best-selling British Military Medals traces the history of medals and gallantry awards from Elizabethan times to the modern day, and it features an expert account of their design and production. Campaign and gallantry medals are a key to understanding - and exploring - British and imperial military history, and to uncovering the careers and exploits of individual soldiers. In a series of succinct and well-organized chapters he explains how medals originated, to whom they were awarded and how the practice of giving medals has developed over the centuries. His work is a guide for collectors and for local and family historians who want to learn how to use medals to discover the history of military units and the experiences of individuals who served in them.
Author: Central African Archives
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Published: 1956
Total Pages: 346
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKBritish South Africa Company - Zimbabwe -- History -- Sources -- Archives
Author: Joseph A. Moloney
Publisher: Jeppestown Press
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 197
ISBN-13: 0955393655
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe late 19th century saw practically the entire continent of Africa carved up and partitioned between a handful of European colonial powers. This is the story of the Stairs Expedition, related by the group's medical officer. First published in 1893, Moloney's fascinating narrative will transport readers to a world of cannibals, missionaries, and slave traders; a provocative military invasion and its bloody climax; and the mercenaries' nightmarish return march.
Author: A. R. Barnes
Publisher: Jeppestown Press
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 0955393612
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAt last, more than a century after it was first published, a new edition of Mrs A. R. Barnes' classic 1890 cookery book. This historic and entertaining household guide is illustrated with charming and evocative black-and-white Victorian advertisements and offers over 500 recipes for southern African delicacies, including sticky melon and ginger preserve, Malay-inspired aromatic pickled fish, and spicy soetkoek biscuits. Mrs Barnes also provided her readers with useful instructions on how to make a traditional African polished cow-dung floor, how to treat snake bites, and the best method for discouraging mosquitos. A fascinating handbook, illustrating the adaptability and inventiveness of British settlers in the remote, unforgiving environment of Victorian Africa.
Author: National Archives of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
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Published: 1956
Total Pages: 342
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Muriel Tew
Publisher: Jeppestown Press
Published: 2007-07-01
Total Pages: 176
ISBN-13: 0955393671
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWest Africa's earliest recipe book, "Cooking in West Africa" was originally published in 1920, and written for the benefit of young bachelor district officers in Nigeria during the British colonial period. Over 200 recipes use local ingredients such as sweet mangoes, beef from zebu oxen, green paw-paw and fresh ground-nuts, together with imported staples such as tinned sausages and condensed milk. Hints on stocking a cook's box and cooking for colleagues struck down with fever are interspersed with delightful vintage advertisements. This book is a piece of West African colonial history - to read, savour and enjoy.
Author: Frank Oates
Publisher: Jeppestown Press
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 214
ISBN-13: 0955393647
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOn New Year's Eve 1874, the British explorer and naturalist Frank Oates became one of the first Europeans since David Livingstone to see the magnificent Victoria Falls. A month later, he was dead from malaria, aged 34. This book draws on the original diaries, letters and sketches of Frank Oates to paint a vivid picture of the Victorian exploration of Central Africa. It documents his encounters with legendary rulers such as King Lobengula of the Ndebele and larger-than-life characters like the ivory hunter Frederick Selous, and records Oates' final, fatal trek through the Zambezi Valley towards Victoria Falls. Offering the modern reader an unparalleled view of nineteenth-century Africa at a period of transition, "Matabeleland and The Victoria Falls" is detailed, personal, and compelling.
