The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 8John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Great Britain |
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... 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 the sheep and cattle farmers that had preceded it since the last ...
... 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 the sheep and cattle farmers that had preceded it since the last ...
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... Trek passed through two stages : first , the Trek proper , a more or less organised exodus north - eastward from the Cape Colony , and then a drift still further inland from the areas occupied during the first stage . The movement began ...
... Trek passed through two stages : first , the Trek proper , a more or less organised exodus north - eastward from the Cape Colony , and then a drift still further inland from the areas occupied during the first stage . The movement began ...
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... trek that had been set in motion by Smellekamp's exhortations , the loss of Port Natal and St Lucia Bay and the threat conveyed to Trekker independence by Napier's treaties . About the New Year of 1844 expeditions from all parts of the ...
... trek that had been set in motion by Smellekamp's exhortations , the loss of Port Natal and St Lucia Bay and the threat conveyed to Trekker independence by Napier's treaties . About the New Year of 1844 expeditions from all parts of the ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
South 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, 1929 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 1 Dec 2006 |
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