"Sir Henry Curtis Sir Henry Curtis is a fictional character in a series of adventure novels by H. Rider Haggard. His Zulu name is Incubu, which means ""Elephant"". He is the constant companion and fellow traveller of Allan Quatermain. Sir Henry first became acquainted with Quatermain when he left from England to Natal province, South Africa to request help in search of his brother, George. Although unwilling at first, Quatermain is eventually persuaded to help lead him along with Commander John Good of the Royal Navy to the Heart of Kukuanaland, where George is expected to have disappeared looking for"
"artist Dudley D. Watkins adapted the story into a text comics series. In 2002 a documentary was made by National Geographic Television in collaboration with Channel 4 in the UK: ""The Search for King Solomon's Mines"". In 2004 a TV mini-series was created: ""King Solomon's Mines"". Kenneth Colley starred as Allan Quatermain in a 1990 BBC Radio 4 adaptation. A two-part BBC Radio 4 adaptation was broadcast in April 2017 starring Tim McInnerny as Allan Quatermain. King Solomon's Mines King Solomon's Mines (1885) is a popular novel by the English Victorian adventure writer and fabulist Sir H. Rider Haggard. It"
"Solomon's Treasure"". ""Allan Quatermain"" was also adapted into the film ""Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold"". Allan Quatermain (novel) Allan Quatermain is a novel by H. Rider Haggard. It is the sequel to Haggard's novel ""King Solomon's Mines"". Haggard wrote the book over his summer holiday in 1885 immediately after ""King Solomon's Mines"". It was first serialised in ""Longman's Magazine"" before being published. At the beginning of the book, Allan Quatermain's only son has died and he longs to get back into the wilderness. He persuades Sir Henry Curtis, Captain John Good, and the Zulu chief ""Umslopogaas"" to"
"One can imagine that such false evidence confirmed Columbus in his belief he had reached China, overlooking the fact that he discovered an entire unknown continent. H. Rider Haggard used an altered version of the real story of the rescue of Columbus in his novel ""King Solomon's Mines"" (first published 1885), where hero Allan Quartermain and his companions recruit supporters for their cause from the local tribe by predicting a lunar eclipse. (In early editions, this was a solar eclipse; Haggard changed it after realising that his description of a solar eclipse was not realistic) In Mark Twain's 1889 novel,"
"and insect specimens in Guatemala, though he traveled widely and spent some weeks camping in the mountains of California. Upon his return to Britain, he was elected a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. Accompanied by his brother (W. E. Oates) Oates set sail for Africa in 1873, leaving Southampton in March and arriving in Natal two months later. His original plan was to travel to the Zambesi and explore the ""terra incognita"" north of the river. This territory was occasioning much interest at the time: in King Solomon's Mines, published in 1885, Haggard locates the fictional land of Kukuanas"
"and ""Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade"". The route to King Solomon's Mines described by Haggard was also referred to in the movie """", specifically the reference to Sheba's Breasts and Three Witches Mountain, which are geographical features mentioned by Quatermain in the novel. In the Graham Greene novel ""The Heart of the Matter"" (1948), the main character Scobie remembers Allan Quatermain as his childhood hero. Allan Quatermain Allan Quatermain is the protagonist of H. Rider Haggard's 1885 novel ""King Solomon's Mines"" and its sequels. ""Allan Quatermain"" was also the title of a book in this sequence. An English big"
"European conventions. In his final adventures, Quatermain is joined by two British companions, Sir Henry Curtis and Captain John Good of the Royal Navy, and by his African friend ""Umslopogaas"". The series spans 50 years of Quatermain's life, from 18 to 68; at the start of the foundation novel ""King Solomon's Mines"" he has just turned 55, giving him a birthdate of 1830. Physically, he is small, wiry, and unattractive, with a beard and short hair that sticks up. His one skill is his marksmanship, where he has no equal. Quatermain is aware that as a professional hunter, he has"
"King Solomon's Mines (2004 film) King Solomon's Mines is a 2004 American two-part television miniseries, the fifth film adaptation of the 1885 novel of the same name by Henry Rider Haggard. Starring Patrick Swayze as Allan Quartermain (it is spelled ""Allan Quartermain"" in the credits, unlike the book, which has ""Allan Quatermain"") and Alison Doody as Elizabeth Maitland, the film was produced by Hallmark Entertainment, and originally aired June 6, 2004 on Hallmark Channel. Elizabeth Maitland hires American safari hunter Allan Quartermain to find her father Sam Maitland, who has been kidnapped by the Kukuanas as he had drawn a"
"King Solomon's Mines (2004 film) King Solomon's Mines is a 2004 American two-part television miniseries, the fifth film adaptation of the 1885 novel of the same name by Henry Rider Haggard. Starring Patrick Swayze as Allan Quartermain (it is spelled ""Allan Quartermain"" in the credits, unlike the book, which has ""Allan Quatermain"") and Alison Doody as Elizabeth Maitland, the film was produced by Hallmark Entertainment, and originally aired June 6, 2004 on Hallmark Channel. Elizabeth Maitland hires American safari hunter Allan Quartermain to find her father Sam Maitland, who has been kidnapped by the Kukuanas as he had drawn a"
"King Solomon's Mines (1950 film) King Solomon's Mines is a 1950 Technicolor adventure film, the second of five film adaptations of the 1885 novel of the same name by Henry Rider Haggard. It stars Deborah Kerr, Stewart Granger and Richard Carlson. It was adapted by Helen Deutsch, directed by Compton Bennett and Andrew Marton and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Allan Quatermain (Stewart Granger), an experienced hunter and guide, reluctantly agrees to help Elizabeth Curtis (Deborah Kerr) and her brother John Goode (Richard Carlson) search for her husband, who disappeared in the unexplored African interior while searching for the legendary titular mines."
"had similar nicknames (Quatermain, ""Watcher-by-Night""; Burnham, ""He-who-sees-in-the-dark""). The beliefs and views of the fictional Quatermain are those of Haggard himself, and beliefs that were common among the 19th-century European colonists. These include conventional Victorian ideas concerning the superiority of the white race; an admiration for ""warrior races,"" such as the Zulu; a disdain for natives corrupted by white influences; and a general contempt for Afrikaners (Boers). But in other ways Haggard's views were advanced for his times. The first chapter of ""King Solomon's Mines"" contains an express denunciation of the use of the pejorative term ""nigger."" Quatermain frequently encounters natives"
"was also heavily influenced by other larger-than-life adventurers whom he later met in Africa, most notably American Scout Frederick Russell Burnham. He was further influenced by South Africa's vast mineral wealth and by the ruins of ancient lost civilizations being uncovered in Africa, such as Great Zimbabwe. The similarities are striking between Haggard's close friend Burnham and his Quatermain character: both were small and wiry Victorian adventurers in colonial Africa; both sought and discovered ancient treasures and civilizations; both battled large wild animals and native peoples; both were renowned for their ability to track, even at night; and both men"
"""Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold"" (1986) and was to be followed by a sequel that was never produced: the first attempt to have based on ""She and Allan"", another Haggard novel, and then a second attempt to have been titled ""Allan Quatermain and the Jewel of the East"" and directed by producer Golan. Jesse Huston (Sharon Stone) hires Allan Quatermain to find her father, believed lost on an expedition to find the fabled King Solomon's Mines. Together with his companion, the mysterious Umbopo, they penetrate unknown country, following a map believed to be genuine. It transpires that"
"was the general manager of a gold mine in South Africa. For two decades, specialising in gold and tin, he worked as a mining engineer all over the world – Australia, China, Russia, Malaya, Mexico, Uruguay and Nigeria. During World War I, he was a quartermaster in the British Army. In his efforts to source food and supplies for the British Army in Mesopotamia (today's Iraq), Holmes travelled widely through the Middle East and may have heard rumours of a possible oil seepage on the eastern seaboard of the Arabian peninsula. This, together with a close study of Admiralty maps"
"King Solomon's Treasure King Solomon's Treasure is a 1979 British-Canadian low-budget film based on the novels ""King Solomon's Mines"" and ""Allan Quatermain"" by H. Rider Haggard. It stars John Colicos as Allan Quatermain, as well as David McCallum, Britt Ekland, and Patrick Macnee who replaced Terry-Thomas. McCallum later said he did the film ""because I got to go to Swaziland... the movie is something you'll have to see on a plane or on late night television."" ""TV Guide"" had this to say about the film: ""The cast of seasoned veterans (McCallum, Macnee, Ekland) contribute embarrassingly bad performances. Surprisingly, though, the"
"In Search of King Solomon's Mines In Search of King Solomon's Mines is a travel book by Anglo-Afghan author, Tahir Shah. Shah's search began with a map in Jerusalem. The map showed a trail leading to the fabled mines of King Solomon, who built the first temple of Israel out of gold, mined from the land of Ophir. Solomon’s Mines have enthralled and tormented all those who have searched for them and superstition whispers of terrible curses that will befall anyone that finds them. Bewitched by the legends, Tahir Shah decided to take up the quest. Chasing clues gathered from"
"as ""Allan Quatermain"" in one story. The 1985 film, ""King Solomon's Mines"", was a more tongue-in-cheek parody of the story, followed by a sequel in the same vein: ""Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold"" (1987). Around the same period an Australian animated TV film came out, ""King Solomon's Mines"". In December 2006, the movie, “” was released as the second in a trilogy that follows one man’s fantastical adventures. In 2008 a direct-to-video adaptation, ""Allan Quatermain and the Temple of Skulls"" was released by Mark Atkins, which bore more resemblance to Indiana Jones than the novel. British comics"
"lost African city called Zinj. As in ""Treasure Island"", the narrator of ""King Solomon's Mines"" tells his tale in the first person in an easy conversational style. Almost entirely missing (except in the speech of the Kukuanas) is the ornate language usually associated with novels of this era. Haggard's use of the first person subjective perspective also contrasts with the omniscient third-person viewpoint then in vogue among influential writers such as Anthony Trollope, Thomas Hardy, and George Eliot. The book has scholarly value for the colonialist attitudes that Haggard expresses, and for the way that he portrays the relationships between"
"in Kitgum. Others settled in Adjumani. In the 1840s, Turkiyah (under the khedive of Egypt) had by now consolidated its control in Equatoria region. In 1845, a British man John Petherick who entered the service of Mehemet Ali, and was employed in examining Upper Egypt, Nubia, the Red Sea coast and Kordofan in an unsuccessful search for coal. In 1861, he was made a consul in Euqatoria region. Patherik was later to set his center in Faloro, Madi country. In March 1861, a British explorer, Mr. Samuel Baker, started an expedition in central Africa, with the aim ""to discover the"
"Sheba is kept and ventures on to Afar, possibly ancient Ophir. Shah’s desire was to reach the cursed mountain of Tulu Wallel, where decades before an English adventurer called Frank Hayter claimed to have discovered the gold mines of King Solomon. In Search of King Solomon's Mines In Search of King Solomon's Mines is a travel book by Anglo-Afghan author, Tahir Shah. Shah's search began with a map in Jerusalem. The map showed a trail leading to the fabled mines of King Solomon, who built the first temple of Israel out of gold, mined from the land of Ophir. Solomon’s"
"map to the location of the legendary mines. The Russian Tsar was funding Sam's efforts to locate the mines, and sends pursuers after Quatermain and company. The film begins with Sam Maitland writing a letter to his daughter and sending her a package. He is then captured by the Kukuanas. Quartermain and McNabb are leading a European businessman on a Safari to hunt elephants. Quartermain seems reluctant to kill all the elephants, but the businessman insists, and McNabb has Quartermain tied up. The adult elephant is wounded but escapes, and Quartermain warns the businessman that it will now come after"
"Be Obeyed"" is used by British author John Mortimer in his ""Rumpole of the Bailey"" series as the private name which the lead character uses for his wife, Hilda, before whom he trembles at home (despite the fact that he is a barrister with some skill in court). Haggard's Lost World genre influenced popular American pulp writers such as Edgar Rice Burroughs, Robert E. Howard, Talbot Mundy, Philip José Farmer, and Abraham Merritt. Allan Quatermain, the adventure hero of ""King Solomon's Mines"" and its sequel ""Allan Quatermain"", was a template for the American character Indiana Jones. Quatermain has gained recent"
"invariably). Notable examples are the heroic Zulu warrior Umslopogaas and Ignosi, the rightful king of Kukuanaland, in ""King Solomon's Mines"". Having developed an intense mutual friendship with the three Englishmen who help him regain his throne, he accepts their advice and abolishes witch-hunts and arbitrary capital punishment. Three of Haggard's novels were written in collaboration with his friend Andrew Lang who shared his interest in the spiritual realm and paranormal phenomena. Haggard also wrote about agricultural and social reform, in part inspired by his experiences in Africa, but also based on what he saw in Europe. At the end of"
"Frederick Selous Frederick Courteney Selous, DSO (; 31 December 1851 – 4 January 1917), was a British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist, famous for his exploits in Southeast Africa. His real-life adventures inspired Sir Henry Rider Haggard to create the fictional Allan Quatermain character. Selous was also a friend of Theodore Roosevelt, Cecil Rhodes and Frederick Russell Burnham. He was pre-eminent within a select group of big game hunters that included Abel Chapman and Arthur Henry Neumann. He was the older brother of ornithologist and writer Edmund Selous. Frederick Courteney Selous was born on 31 December 1851 at Regent's Park,"
"Captain Good stops to talk to an old friend and Elizabeth continues on. She is attacked, but the attackers are fought off by Quartermain, who came after reading her father's card and realising who she was. When they get back to the hotel, they find her room has been ransacked. She reveals her father had sent her a map to King Solomon's Mines, and, despite Quartermain's scepticism about the map's authenticity, they leave for Africa. In Africa, they join Sir Henry, one of Quartermain's old friends, and, along with some of Quartermain's African friends, they set out to find Sam."
"Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold is a 1986 American adventure comedy film directed by Gary Nelson and released in West Germany on December 18, 1986, and in the United States on January 30, 1987. It is loosely based on the novel ""Allan Quatermain"" by H. Rider Haggard. It is the sequel to ""King Solomon's Mines"". The role of Allan Quatermain is reprised by Richard Chamberlain as is that of Jesse Huston by Sharon Stone, who was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress for this role, for"
"the Earth, he told them that his god had pardoned them. In 1885 H. Rider Haggard used an altered version of the real story of the rescue of Columbus in his novel, ""King Solomon's Mines"". In that novel, Allan Quatermain and his fellow Englishmen use their foreknowledge of a solar eclipse to claim that they will black out the sun as proof of their powers, and save captive girls from an unjust death sentence. In 1889 Mark Twain used a similar plot device in his novel, ""A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court"". In that novel, Hank Morgan, a 19th-century"
"of danger and adventure. The first acclaimed white hunters in East Africa were Alan Black, Bill Judd, Frederick Selous (remembered as the namesake of the Selous Scouts and whose real-life adventures inspired Sir H. Rider Haggard to create the fictional Allan Quatermain), and R.J. Cunninghame (sometimes spelled Cuningham), all of whom began their exploits at the end of the 19th century. In 1909 Cunninghame was selected to lead what was probably the best-publicized African safari, Theodore Roosevelt's excursion into British East Africa. Roosevelt's fame and popularity, and his gift for generating publicity, prompted a craze for safaris among those who"
"import hippopotamuses into the Louisiana bayous and to convince Americans to eat them. The movie will highlight the Burnham - Duquesne rivalry. Edward Norton, William Migliore and Brett Ratner will produce this feature film. Sir H. Rider Haggard, inventor of the lost world literary genre, was heavily influenced by the larger than life adventures of his friend Burnham as he penned his fictional hero Allan Quatermain. There are many similarities between these two African explorers: both sought and discovered ancient treasures and civilizations, both battled large wild animals and native peoples, both were renowned for their ability to track, even"
"the extremity of this part of the world, and had thus pointed out where the precious metals should preferably be sought. Martin Behaim, on his globe of 1492, revived the Argyre and Chryse of antiquity in these regions. In 1519, Cristóvão de Mendonça, was given instructions to search for the legendary Isles of Gold, said to lie to ""beyond Sumatra"", which he was unable to do, and in 1587 an expedition under the command of Pedro de Unamunu was sent to find them in the vicinity of Zipangu (Japan). According to Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas, in 1528 Alvaro de"
"archaeological finds by imperial adventurers succeeded in capturing the public's imagination. Between 1871 and the First World War, the number of published lost world narratives, set in every continent, dramatically increased. The genre has similar themes to ""mythical kingdoms"", such as El Dorado. ""King Solomon's Mines"" (1885) by H. Rider Haggard is sometimes considered the first lost-world narrative. Haggard's novel shaped the form and influenced later lost-world narratives, including Rudyard Kipling's ""The Man Who Would Be King"" (1888), Arthur Conan Doyle's ""The Lost World"" (1912), Edgar Rice Burroughs' ""The Land That Time Forgot"" (1918), A. Merritt's ""The Moon Pool"" (1918),"
"the United Kingdom were gothic tales like Richard Cumberland's ""remarkable narrative"" ""The Poisoner of Montremos"" (1791). Major novelists like Sir Walter Scott and Charles Dickens also wrote some short stories. Important developments occurred in genre fiction in this era. Adventure novels were popular, including Sir John Barrow's descriptive 1831 account of the Mutiny on the Bounty. The Lost World literary genre was inspired by real stories of archaeological discoveries by imperial adventurers. Sir Henry Rider Haggard wrote one of the earliest examples, ""King Solomon's Mines"", in 1885. Contemporary European politics and diplomatic manoeuvrings informed Anthony Hope's swashbuckling Ruritanian adventure novels"
"archeological research. In the western United States, he visited California, Wyoming, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico. He spent several summers with his colleague, Glenn Conroy, in the Uintah Basin of Utah searching for the fossils of early mammals. Other fossil collecting trips included locations such as Egypt, Kenya, Libya, Ethiopia, Namibia, South Africa, Madagascar, Ecuador, and Colombia. His studies of Paleogene mammals focused not only on primates, but also hyraxes and carnivorans. In addition to his studies of fossil mammals, Rasmussen studied ornithology, reporting on bird populations in Ethiopia and sea eagle populations in the Solomon Islands. He studied primates"