Discovering Southern Africa by T.V. Bulpin

Discovering Southern Africa (Fifth Edition Illustrated Southern Africa Guide)

T.V. Bulpin's Opinionated Classic Travel Guide to the Territories of Southern Africa

Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: Discovering Southern Africa
• Author: T.V. Bulpin
• Editor: Inge du Plessis ; Felicia Stoch
• Publisher: Discovering Southern Africa Productions c.c., Muizenberg
• Publication Date: 1992
• ISBN-13: 9780958313018
• ISBN-10: 0958313016
• Edition Details: Fifth Edition.
• Binding: Publisher's pictorial hardcover with the cover design printed directly on cloth-textured boards; dark spine with cream lettering and publisher's logo.
• Physical Format: Large, thick octavo-size volume, 1083 pages.
• Language: English

Official Condition Report

• The Book: Very Good (VG)
• Exterior / Boards: The pictorial boards are solid and presentable, with a canyon photograph to the front and a camper van on a cliff edge to the back. There is light rubbing and wear to the spine ends and corners, and the top of the spine is slightly worn. A small scuff or crease marks the back board near the lower left, and a small mark sits at the foot of the spine near the publisher's logo.
• Interior: The title page and copyright page are clean. No inscriptions, stamps or bookplates are present.
• The Dust Jacket: Not Applicable (As Issued)

Synopsis & Historical Value

First published in the early 1970s, Discovering Southern Africa is T.V. Bulpin's comprehensive guide to the territories of Southern Africa. This is the Fifth Edition, published at Muizenberg in 1992 by Discovering Southern Africa Productions, and it runs to 1083 pages.

Bulpin writes with the voice of a well-informed and opinionated travelling companion, combining practical road-travel guidance with the history of the regions he describes. The back cover presents it as a lasting companion for travellers exploring the region, and it has been used by tour guides as a reference.

A useful working reference and a good addition to a Southern African travel or Africana shelf. Most of Bulpin's books are now out of print.

Author Profile: T.V. Bulpin

Thomas Victor Bulpin (1918–1999) was a South African writer who produced 29 books and over 2,000 booklets, pamphlets, newspaper and magazine features and travel videos. He wrote on South African travel and history as well as on African big-game hunters. He entered the cinema business as a technician at sixteen and later enlisted with the South African Air Force.

He later founded his own publishing company. His other notable works include Islands in a Forgotten Sea, The Ivory Trail, Natal and the Zulu Country, The Hunter is Death, Storm over the Transvaal and The Golden Republic.

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