Adventures of Hans Sterk: The South African Hunter and Pioneer

Adventures of Hans Sterk: The South African Hunter and Pioneer

Adventures of Hans Sterk: The South African Hunter and PioneerIn the history of colonisation there is probably...
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Adventures of Hans Sterk: The South African Hunter and Pioneer

Adventures of Hans Sterk: The South African Hunter and Pioneer

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Adventures of Hans Sterk: The South African Hunter and Pioneer

$105.04 $52.49
Author: Drayson, Alfred W. (Alfred Wilks),1827-1901
Format: eBook
Language: English

Adventures of Hans Sterk: The South African Hunter and Pioneer

In the history of colonisation there is probably no example on record so extraordinary as that of the emigration from the colony of the Cape of Good Hope, in 1835, of nearly six thousand souls, who, without guides or any definite knowledge of where they were going or what obstacles they would encounter, yet placed their all in the lottery and journeyed into the wilderness. The cause of this emigration was to avoid what the emigrants considered the oppression of the ruling Government, and the object was to found an independent nationality in the interior of Africa. These emigrants, shortly after quitting the neighbourhood of the Cape colony, were attacked by the chief of a powerful tribe called the Matabili, into whose country they had trespassed. Severe battles, in which overwhelming numbers were brought against them, were fought by the emigrants, the general results being victory to the white man. Not satisfied with the situation which these victories might have enabled them to secure, a party of the emigrants journeyed on towards the east, in order to obtain a better position near the present district of Natal. This party were shortly afterwards either treacherously massacred by a Zulu chief named Dingaan, or were compelled to fight for their lives and property during many months. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 32559
Author: Drayson, Alfred W. (Alfred Wilks)
Release Date: May 27, 2010
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Illustrator: Zwecker, Johann Baptist, 1814-1876

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