Ah, Ron. I'll loan you anything out of my library you wish to read (I have over 200 books on African adventure, hunting and history) and I think you will be amazed at how many Scots contribute the the mapping, exploration and hunting in Africa. I am sure you don't know, but I hunt every three years or so with (distant) cousin Sandy McDonald in S Africa. His father Alex McDonald was a pioneer in game farming S Africa. Game farming gave the native game animals value and thus saved them from extinction at the hands of natives and pioneers who wanted to turn the entire country into farmland, which it is not suited for.

Now I'll not pretend for a moment that that explains your question, but I assure you Scots explorers did indeed pursue adventure in Africa.

Hmm, I'm going back next year to see my sister, I could arrange a really cool personal kilted tour of S Africa, any takers?

David