First photograph taken of a black rhinoceros in the wild. James Chapman (1831-1872) took this on 13 May 1862 on the banks of the Botletlie River, now in Botswana. Preserved in the National Library of South Africa, Cape Town. See for the full story: Rookmaaker, L.C., 2006. The first photographs of a rhinoceros. Swara 29 (3): 54-55
