The Lost Republic - The Biography of a South African Land Surveyor (Hardcover)

Gustav was educated at Grey College, Bloemfontein and at the South African College in Cape Town. He became a legendary figure in South African history - a notable land-surveyor and Surveyor General of the Orange Free State. He started the firm of G. Baumann and laid out most of the city of Bloemfontein. A street was named after him in Trompsburg. He wrote two books, The Practice of Land-Surveying and The Lost Republic, the Biography of a Land-Surveyor.

Hardcover. English. Faber & Faber. 1940. 269 pp. Good with edge worn dw in protective plastic. Book No: 2506803