The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 8John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1963 - Great Britain |
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CHAPTER XIV THE FORMATION OF NEW STATES , 1835-1856 ( a ) The Great Trek , 1835-1848 The Great Trek of the Cape frontiersmen is still the central event in South Africa's history . It can be distinguished both from the slow dispersion of ...
CHAPTER XIV THE FORMATION OF NEW STATES , 1835-1856 ( a ) The Great Trek , 1835-1848 The Great Trek of the Cape frontiersmen is still the central event in South Africa's history . It can be distinguished both from the slow dispersion of ...
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Ten years before the Trek was talked of seriously , cattlemen had reached the drifts over the middle Orange , and government had reluctantly followed them up . Now , in 1834 , scores of families were scattered to the east of the new ...
Ten years before the Trek was talked of seriously , cattlemen had reached the drifts over the middle Orange , and government had reluctantly followed them up . Now , in 1834 , scores of families were scattered to the east of the new ...
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The Great Trek passed through two stages : first , the Trek proper , a more or less organised exodus north - eastwards from the Cape Colony , and then a drift still further inland from the areas occupied during the first stage .
The Great Trek passed through two stages : first , the Trek proper , a more or less organised exodus north - eastwards from the Cape Colony , and then a drift still further inland from the areas occupied during the first stage .
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Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Southern African Rivers | 7 |
The Karoo and the Kalahari | 15 |
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| Title | The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 8 The Cambridge History of the British Empire, John Holland Rose |
| Editors | John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell |
| Publisher | The University Press, 1963 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 3 Feb 2009 |
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