Early White Travellers in the Transgariep 1819 - 1840 - karel Schoeman

Vrijstatia series number 14. First edition 2003 paperback with 181 pages in very good condition, as new. R65 paxi or R100 courier / postnet in SA.

Early white travellers in the Transgariep is a survey of early white contact with the region now known as the Free State, and especially of the written accounts left by the first travellers there. In 1825 seasonal migration to the region by white farmers was officially allowed, which soon developed into permanent settlement; in 1838 a Trekker party acquired the area around the modern Winburg from its original black inhabitants, in 1846 a British Resident settled at Bloemfontein, and two years later British sovereignty was proclaimed over the area. Early white travellers in the Transgariep is a survey of this phase of white contact with the region, and more especially of the written accounts left by the first white travellers there, and includes the text of eleven of the latter, in many cases translated from the Dutch, German or French.