Jan Viljoen (1812-1893) - unpublished dissertation - J.E.H. (Jackie) Grobler (Pretoria)

                                                                                                           Jan Viljoen (1812-1893), n Transvaalse wesgrenspionier 

Inscribed by author,  unpublished dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria,, 1976, typed manuscript with two glossy photographs tipped in, Afrikaans text, hardcover, original, 332 pages, 22 cms x 29.8 cms x 5.2 cms, some wear to front hinge otherwise condition: very good.

Johannes Willem (Jan) Viljoen (1812 - 1893 ) was a South African pioneer, soldier and hunter. He was a veteran of the Battle of Boomplaats,  one of the leading figures in the Transvaal Civil War and the First Boer War. As a hunter he trekked through present-day Botswana and Zimbabwe and claims that he discovered the Victoria Falls three years before David Livingstone .

The Transvaal civil war is dealt with in detail.

JEH Grobler (Jackie) is a history writer. He was a senior lecturer in the Department of Historical and Heritage Studies at the University of Pretoria.,