The Malay Archipelago I Part One: Scientific Travellers, 1789-1874, Vol. 7 » (FAC)

After completing his apprenticeship as an ornamental artist, during the 1840s Thomas Baines joined various explorers' expeditions as full-time artist and in 1864 made his first solo expedition to Cape Town. He spent the rest of his life travelling extensively in the region, and died in Berea, South Africa in 1875.

Published posthumously with a biographical sketch of the author, The Gold Regions of South-Eastern Africa also includes a facsimile of an original letter from David Livingstone to Baines, along with numerous illustrations by
the author and a large, detailed map of the regions he explored.

This volume is part of the Scientific Travellers, 1789-1874 facsimile series of six classic works in nine volumes, printed on acid-free paper and bound for library use. The titles—sold as a specially priced set or as individual volumes—include:

* John White, Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales (1790)
[ISBN: 0-415-28932-7]

* Alexander von Humboldt, Aspects of Nature in Different Lands and Different Climates (1849)
[ISBN: 0-415-28933-5]

* Joseph Hooker, Himalayan Journals (1854) in two parts
[Part One ISBN: 0-415-28934-3 * Part Two ISBN: 0-415-28935-1]

* H.W.Bates, Naturalist on the River Amazons (1863) in two parts
[Part One ISBN: 0-415-28936-X * Part Two ISBN: 0-415-28937-8

* A.R.Wallace, The Malay Archipelago (1869) in two parts
[Part One ISBN: 0-415-28938-6 * Part Two ISBN: 0-415-28939-4]

* Thomas Baines, The Gold Regions of South-East Africa (1877)
[ISBN: 0-415-32873-X]