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W.G.B. (DATES UNKNOWN) ZIMBABWE / SOUTHERN RHODESIA. Circa 1935. 40 x 24 1/4 inches. Cape Times LTD. Condition B / B+: repaired tears in margins affecting the image; wrinkles, restoration and abrasions in image. Originally called South Zambezia, the country was re-named after Cecil Rhodes, the British colonial, whose British South Africa Company governed the area from 1888. The country is currently referred to as Zimbabwe. Depicted is the enclosing wall that runs around the ancient African ruins of "Great Zimbabwe" (the word means "house of stone"), a city constructed between the 11th and 15th century. The site is noted not only for being the largest ancient structure south of the Sahara Desert, but also for the skill by which all of the granite rocks were placed together without the use of mortar.
