Rookmaaker, L.C. 1979. Dates of Buffon’s Histoire Naturelle. Newsletter of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History 2: 7-8.
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Finaughty, W. 1980. The recollections of William Finaughty, elephant hunter 1864-1875. Reprint with additional sketch map, illustrations and a new foreword and notes by Edward C Tabler. Bulawayo, Books of Zimbabwe. pp. i-xii, 1-244.
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Finaughty, W. 1916. The recollections of William Finaughty, elephant hunter 1864-1875. Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott. pp. 1-244.
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Bain, A.G. 1949. Journals of Andrew Geddes Bain: trader, explorer, soldier, road engineer and geologist Edited with biographical sketch and footnotes by Margaret Hermina Lister. Cape Town, Van Riebeeck Society, Works vol. 30. pp. i-xxxix, 1-264.
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Home, E. 1824. Observations concernant une espece de rhinoceros, recemment decouverte (Letterkund. Mag, ann 1824, no. 9). Bulletin des Sciences Naturelles et de Geologie 3: 225.
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Gordon Cumming, R. 1866. A catalogue of the very valuable and interesting museum of natural curiosites of the late R. Gordon Cumming, which will be sold by auction by J.C. Stevens. London, J.C.Stevens. pp. 1-16.
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Delegorgue, A. 1997. Travels in Southern Africa, volume 2. Translated by Fleur Webb, introduced and annotated by Stephanie J Alexander and Bill Guest. Durban, Killie Campbell Africana Library and Pietermaritzburg, University of Natal Press. pp. i-xxxii, (i-ii), 1-401.
Thompson, G. 1827. Travels and adventures in Southern Africa, comprising a view of the present state of the Cape Colony with observations on the progress and prospects of the Britsih emigrants. London, Henry Colburn. pp. i-xx, 1-493.
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Bermudez, J. 1902. This is a short account of the embassy which the patriarch D Joao Bermudez brought from the Emperor of Ethiopia, vulgarly called Preste John, to the most Christian and zealous-in-the-faith-of-Christ King of Portugal, D Joao Lisbon, 1565.
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Surius, L. 1586. Commentarius brevis rerum in orbe gestarum, ab anno salutis MD usque in annum MDLXXIIII ex optimis quibusque scriptoribus congestus. Coloniae, Gervinum Calenium et haeredes Ionanis Qunetelij. pp. 1-96, 1-1192.
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Thevet, A. 1568. The new found worlde, or Antarctike, wherein is contained wonderful and strange things, as beastes, fishes, foules, and serpents, trees, plants, mines of golde and silver: garnished with many learned authorities, travailed and written in the French tong. London, Henrie Bynneman. folio 1-24.
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Thevet, A. 1558. Les singularitez de la France Antarctique, autrement nommee Amerique: & de plusieurs terres et isles decouvertes de nostre temps. Anvers, Christophle Plantin. pp. i-xv, 163 leaves, i-iii.
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Smith, Andrew 1838. A catalogue of the South African Museum, for sale by auction at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, on Wednesday, June 6, and two following days. London, J.C. and S. Stevens. pp. 1-23.
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Jovius, P. 1585. The worthy tract of Paulus Iovius, contayning a discourse of rare inventions, both militarie and amorous valled Imprese by Samuel Daniell. London, Simon Waterson. [not paginated].
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Camerarius, J. 1605. Symbolorum et emblematum ex animalibus quadrupedibus desumtorum centuria altera collecta, 2nd ed. Nuernberg.
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Ramusio, G.B. 1563. Primo volume & terza editione delle navigationi et viaggi raccolto gia da M. Gio. Battista Ramusio. Venetia, nella Stamperia de Giunti. pp. i-viii, 1-394 recto + verso.
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Jovius, P. 1571. Elogia virorum bellica virtute illustrium, veris imaginibus supposita, quae apud Musaeum spectantur, in libros septem digesta. Basileae, [no publisher]. pp. 1-592, i-xiv.
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Jovius, P. 1568. Elogios o vidas breves de los cavalleros antiquos y modernos, q estan al bivo pintados en el museo de Paulo Iovico. Granada.
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Boillot, J. 1604. New Termis Buch, von allerley grossen vierfussigen Thieren zugerichtet, mit beygefugter Thieren Contrafieteten, sampt etlichermassen Beschreibungen. Strasburg, [no publisher]. pp. 1-63.
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Boch, J. 1595. Descriptio publicae gratulationis, spectaculorum et ludorum, in adventu Ernesti Archiducis Austriae, an MDXCIII, XVIII kal Iulias, aliisque diebus Antwerpiae editorum. Antwerp, [no publisher].
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