Francis Harold Watson

Francis Harold Watson aka Frank 'Zambezi' Watson (1854–1905) was an English traveller, hunter and trader. [1]

Watson's first expedition to 'Zambezia' was in 1873 and he subsequently made other journeys to the region, as trader and hunter. He formed a close friendship with Frederick Selous on these trips, and became a business partner of a certain George Westbeech. On an expedition to the Victoria Falls in 1891, he took the first known photographs of the falls and gorges. [2] These photographs are now stored in the Zimbabwe State Archives. [3]

References

  1. ↑ https://ilab.org/articles/john-thomas-baines-english-artist-and-explorer-1820-1875
  2. ↑ http://www.tothevictoriafalls.com/vfpages/discovery/firstphotos.html
  3. ↑ http://www.afrikaonline.cz/view.php?cisloclanku=2003012301
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