Francis Harold Watson aka Frank 'Zambezi' Watson (1854–1905) was a British 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]
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- ^ "John Thomas Baines - English Artist and Explorer (1820-1875)". ilab.org. Archived from the original on 7 August 2020.
- ^ "To the Victoria Falls - First Photographs of the Victoria Falls".
- ^ "Historické fotografie Viktoriiných vodopádů". www.afrikaonline.cz. Archived from the original on 7 March 2018.