MOSSEL BAY 500 years

MOSSELBAAI BAY 500 YEARS by Siegfried Stander. 1988. Hard cover. Condition good. Pages 74. See the photo of the contents of this book. The author starts off  with a short hisory of the "discovery" of the coast around Mossel Bay by Bartolomeu Dias. Then there are chapters on the expansion of the Eastern boundary and the first grants of  loan land in the vicinnity of Mossel Bay which  were made  from 1729 onwards. Chapter five deals with the establisment and growth of the "dorp"  Mossel Bay. Chapter six deals with development of the harbour "Then" and "Now". The Light House and shipwrecks (with photos).  He also tells about the Boating Company's offices, opening of Gouritz bridge in 1892 and the famous Mossel Bay basket. "Days to Remember"  deals with the opening of the Railway Line and Victoria Park; opening of the first Golf club House and The Santos Pavilion. The last chapter deals with the modern Mossel  Bay and it's Councillors of the day. Many white and black as well as colour photos.