E. Length, 550 m.; av. br., 250 m. Area estim. at 110,000 sq.m. P. 179,709, mostly Africans, Dutch, Negroes, & a small number of Hottentots. The country is formed of a series of terraces rising in successive stages from S. to N. The chief mntn. chains... Putnam's Home Cyclopedia ... - Page 162by G.P. Putnam & Co - 1853Full view - About this book
| Richard Phillips (sir.) - 1851
...estimated at 110,000 square miles. Population (1845) 179,709, mostly Africans, Dutch, Negroes, and a small number of Hottentots. The country is formed...series of terraces, rising in successive stages from south to north. The chief mountainchains are the Drankensteen, Zwellendam, Zwartenberg, and Sneeuw... | |
| Theophilus Carey Callicot - Geography - 1853 - 874 pages
...Length, 550m,; av.br., 250 m. Areaestim.at 110,000sq.m. P. 179,709, mostly Africans, Dutch, Negroes, A a small number of Hottentots. The country is formed...chains are the Drankensteen, Zwellendam, Zwartenberg, & SnoeuwBergen, in which last is the Spitzkop, the culminating point of the whole, estimated at 10,250... | |
| Theophilus Carey Callicot - Geography - 1853 - 876 pages
...29° 41' & 34°51'S., & Ion. 17° 10' & 27°32'E. Length, 550 m.; av.br., 250m. Areaestim.at 1 10,000 sq.m. P. 179,709, mostly Africans, Dutch, Negroes,...of Hottentots. The country is formed of a series of terraecs rising in successive stages 'from S. to N. Tho chief mntn. chains are the Drankensteen, Zwellendam,... | |
| Edmund Markham Heale - 1853 - 296 pages
...179,000, mostly Africans, Dutch, negroes, and a few Hottentots. Natural Features, Climate, &c. — The country is formed of a series of terraces, rising in successive stages from S. to N. The chief mountain chains are the Dromkensteen, Zwellendam, Zwartenberg, and Sneeuw-Bcrgen, in which last is... | |
| Theophilus Carey Callicot - Geography - 1854 - 882 pages
...m.; av. br., 250 m. Area estim. at 1 10,000 sq. in. P. 179.709, mostly Africans, Dutch, Negroes, A a small number of Hottentots. The country is formed...whole, estimated at 10,250 ft. in elevation. Table mntn., at the SW extremity of the colony, is an insulated flat topped mnss, 3,532 ft. in height, the... | |
| Theophilus Carey Callicot - Gazetteers - 1855 - 880 pages
...br., 250 m. Aroaestim.at HO.OOOsq.m. P. 179,709, mostly Africans, Dutch, Negroes, A a small numberof Hottentots. The country is formed of a series of terraces...stages from S. to N. The chief mntn. chains are the IJrankensteen, Zwellendam, Zwartenberg, & SneeuwBergeu, in which last is the Spitzkop, the culminating... | |
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