belonging to the family Pedaliaceae. It was named in Holub's honour. In 1949, a monument to Holub by Jindřich Soukup was unveiled in his hometown of Holice. In 1952, Czech movie Velké dobrodružství (Great Adventure) was filmed about Holub's expeditions. In 1970, the town of Holice opened a museum dedicated to Emil Holub near the main post office with an associated monument nearby. Since 1999 the gymnasium in the town bears explorer's name. On 20 February 2002 the Czech National Bank issued a CZK 200 silver coin commemorating the 100th anniversary of Dr. Emil Holub's death Between 2002 and 2006, the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Harare organized several events to commemorate Emil Holub. In a 2005 poll, he was voted #90 of the 100 greatest Czechs. In September 2005, exactly 130 years since Holub's first visit to the Victoria Falls, a bust of Holub by the Zimbabwean sculptor Last Mahwahwa was unveiled by the Ambassador of the Czech Republic, Jaroslav Olša, Jr., and the Ambassador of the Republic of Austria, Michael Brunner, in front of the National Museum of Zambia in Livingstone, the city adjacent to the Victoria Falls. Works (Reprinted (1975), Johannesburg: Africana Book Society.) References Sources Further reading In German Gabriele Riz: Leben und Werk des Afrikaforschers Emil Holub. 1847–1902. Diplomarbeit. Universität Wien, Wien 1985. In English To the Upper Zambezi. Some 19th Century Notes of Czech Traveller Emil Holub (eds. Rob S. Burrett and Jaroslav Olša, Jr. Prague: Nová vlna 2020) Dark Deeds. Some Hunting Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century Czech Traveller Emil Holub (Ed. Rob S. Burrett. Gweru: Mambo Press 2006) The Culture and Society in South Africa of 1870s and 1880s – Views and Consideration of Dr. Emil Holub (Josef Kandert. Prague: Naprstek Museum 1998) Emil Holub's Travels north of the Zambezi (ed. Ladislav Holý. Manchester: Manchester University Press 1975) The Victoria Falls. A few Pages from the Diary of Emil Holub, M.D., written during His third Trip into the Interior of Southern Africa (Grahamstown: no publisher, reprinted with a foreword by Jaroslav Olša, jr. Bulawayo: Books of Zimbabwe 2004) In Czech (Also in Romanian edition as (1963) La nord de Zambezi. București: Editura Tineretului.) External links Museum of Dr. Emil Holub Short biography (in Czech) Longer biography of Holub (in English) 1847 births 1902 deaths People from Holice People from the Kingdom of Bohemia 19th-century Czech people Czech explorers Explorers of Africa