Frederick Courtenay Selous (1851-1917) was perhaps the last "big white hunter" of the once wild and mysterious Africa. Son of an influent British family and a great admirer of the explorer David Livingston, he went to South Africa in 1870 to follow the footprint of his hero. Until 1890, he hunted and explored in unknown lands north to the Transvaal and south of the Congo river, as well as in most of the present territory of Zimbawe. Then, he worked at the service of the British South Africa Company and guided the British ... (more)