The South African book of records
By: Lew Leppan
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Don Nelson
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Cape Town
Language: eng
Number of pages: 167
ISBN-13: 9781868061761
Subjects: Curiosities and wonders
Notes: Includes index.

"Contains hundreds of fascinating facts about our country and the people who inhabit it"--Prelim.
Table of contents: title: This book contains hundreds of fascinating facts about our country and the people who inhabit it. Arts (cartoon strips, cinema, magazines, music, newspapers, theatre and dance, visual arts, written word). Commerce (businesses, commercial buildings, employment, farming and produce, livestock, money and finance, property, profit and loss, valuable / rare items). Earth (amphibians, birds, business, countries / statistics, domestic animals, fish, geography, insects, marine life, molluscs, plants, reptiles, spiders, weather, wildlife). Human extremes and medical. Human achievements (bravery, celebrations, collections, endurance, exploration, food, fruit and vegetable growing, gluttony, manufactured articles, marriage, mass participation, mind and memory, persistence, speed, strength and bravery, team work, tourism, travel, wine). Human world (buildings, crime, education, famous visitors, geography, government, honours, language, legal, military / defence, monuments and edifices, population, religion, worst disasters). Leisure and entertainment (advertising, board games, hobbies, pastimes, radio, recreation, television). Science and technology (bridges, tunnels, canals, dams, communications, mining, precious stones, outer space, power). Sport (Angling, archery, athletics, badminton, baseball, billiards, bowls, boxing, canoeing, chess, Commonwealth games, contract bridge, cricket, croquet, cycling, dog racing, fencing, gliding, golf, hockey, horse racing, ice skating, ice hockey, karate, motor racing, mountaineering, Olympic games, powerboat racing, rowing, rugby, soccer, shooting, snooker, squash, surfing, swimming, tennis, walking, water skiing, weight lifting, wrestling, yachting). Travel and transport (aircraft / flying, buses, fire engines, motor cars, motorcycles, roads, sailing and rowing, shipping disasters, ships and boats, special vehicles, trains, transport terminals).