EMIL See also:

• EMIL HOLUB (1847—1902)

HOLUB (1847—1902)  , Bohemian traveller in See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-central See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Holitz, eastern Bohemia, on the 7th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1847 . He was educated at See also:

• PRAGUE (Ger. Prag; Bohemian Praha)

Prague University, where he graduated M.D . In 1872 he went td the See also:

• KIMBERLEY
• KIMBERLEY, JOHN WODEHOUSE, 1ST EARL OF (1826-1902)

Kimberley See also:

• DIAMOND

diamond-See also:

• FIELDS, JAMES THOMAS (1817-1881)

fields, and with the See also:

• MONEY

money earned by his practice as a surgeon undertook expeditions into the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• TRANSVAAL

Transvaal, Mashonaland and through See also:

• BECHUANALAND (a name given from its inhabitants, the Bechuana, q.v.)

Bechuanaland to the See also:

• VICTORIA
• VICTORIA (or VITTORIA), TOMMASSO LUDOVICO DA (C. I540-C. 1613)
• VICTORIA [ALEXANDRINA VICTORIA]

Victoria Falls, making extensive natural See also:

• HISTORY

history collections, which he brought to See also:

• EUROPE

Europe in 1879 and distributed among over a See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred museums and See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools . In 1883 he went back to South Africa with his wife, intending to See also:

• CROSS

cross the See also:

• CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

continent to See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt . In See also:

• JUNE

June 1886 the party crossed the See also:

• ZAMBEZI

Zambezi See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west of the Victoria Falls, and explored the then almost unknown region between that See also:

• RIVER

river and its tributary the Kafue . When beyond the Kafue the See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp was attacked by the Mashukulumbwe, and See also:

• HOLUB, EMIL (1847—1902)

Holub was obliged to retrace his steps . He returned to See also:

• AUSTRIA
• AUSTRIA, LOWER (Ger. Niederosterreich or Osterreich unter der Enns, " Austria below the river Enns ")
• AUSTRIA, UPPER (Ger. Oberosterreich or Osterreich ob der Enns, " Austria above the river Enns ")

Austria in 1887 with a collection of See also:

• GREAT

great scientific See also:

• INTEREST

interest, of over 13,000 See also:

• OBJECTS

objects, now in various museums . Holub died at See also:

• VIENNA (Ger. Wien; Lat. Vindobona)
• VIENNA, CONGRESS OF (1814-1815)

Vienna on the 21st of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1902 . His See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• WORKS

works are: Eine Culturskizze See also:

• DES

des Marutse-Mambundareichs (Vienna, 1879) ; Sieben Jahre in Siidafrika, &c . (2 vols., Vienna, 188o-1881), of which an See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation appeared; See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

Die Colonisation Afrikas (Vienna, 1882) ; and Von der K_apstadt ins See also:

• LAND

Land der Maschukulumbe (2 vols., Vienna, 1818–189o) .