Zambezi. The First Solo Journey down Africa's Mighty River by Boon, Mike

(Cape Town: Struik, 2007) 9781770074842. 4to; laminated pictorial boards; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; endpaper map; pp. 192; lavishly illustrated. Near-fine condition. "The mighty Zambezi River has intrigued geographers and explorers since the Middle Ages, when it was known as the Empire of Monomotapa. The first European to reach the upper Zambezi was David Livingstone in the 19th century. When the stresses of a demanding corporate environment became untenable, Mike Boon decided to take it easy and tackle the 3000 kilometres of the Zambezi, single-handedly, in a kayak. He was in for 100 days of paddling through war-torn countryside, boiling rapids and crocodile-infested waters." .