T. V. Bulpin

Thomas Victor Bulpin (1918–1999) was a South African writer. He wrote 29 books and over 2,000 booklets, pamphlets, newspapers, magazine features, and travel videos. He wrote about African big-game hunters as well as South African travel and history. Most of his books are out of print. He was born in 1918 in Umkomaas, Kwazulu Natal. At the age of 16 he entered the cinema business as a technician, later enlisting with the South African Air force. He also joined the Associated British Cinema Corporation and was sent to cover Africa for their news reels. While traveling, he gathered information for his books. Later he began his own publishing company and focused on this and his travels until his death in 1999 at the age of 81, following a long battle with skin cancer. TV Bulpin is the author of Discovering Southern Africa and Tavern of the Seas.

Selected works

Discovering Southern Africa, 1980 East Africa and the Islands, 1956 Illustrated Guide to Southern Africa, 1980 Islands in a Forgotten Sea, 1959 Lost Trails on the Low Veld, 1950 Lost Trails of the Transvaal, 1956 Natal and the Zulu Country, 1966 Shaka's Country: A Book of Zululand, 1952 The Golden Republic, 1954 The Great Trek, 1968 The Hunter is Death, 1962 The Ivory Trail, 1954 The White Whirlwind, 1961 Tickey: The Story of Eric Hoyland, 1976 To the Banks of the Zambezi, 1965 To the Shores of Natal, 1953 Trail of the Copper King, 1959 Storm over the Transvaal, 1955 Southern Africa: Land of Beauty and Splendour, 1977 Scenic Wonders of Southern Africa, 1985 Tavern of the Seas: The Story Of Cape Town, Robben Island And The Cape Peninsula, 2003 (published posthumously)