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H. Rider Haggard · 1917 · survival

H. Rider Haggard's 1917 Allan Quatermain novel, closing the Zulu trilogy. Allan and the sorcerer Zikali move through the doomed last days of the Zulu kingdom - from Pretoria to the royal kraal at Ulundi - toward the catastrophe of the 1879 war and the massacre of the British at Isandlwana, as an old prophecy is fulfilled.

  1. 1
    Pretoria

    The Transvaal capital, from which Allan's road leads him toward the gathering Zulu war.

  2. 2
    Ulundi

    Cetewayo's royal town, seat of Zulu power and of Zikali's long-plotted vengeance.

  3. 3
    Isandlwana

    The hill where a British column is destroyed, the climax of the old dark wizard's designs.

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Finished Map: H. Rider Haggard's Journey