The Pathfinders - Peter Becker. A Saga of Exploration in Southern Africa.

Hard cover book in very good condition. FFEP glued to the inside of the front cover.

Dust jacket very good. 

First Ed, 1985.   271 Pages.

When Jan van Riebeeck and three shiploads of Dutch settlers reached the Cape of Good Hope in 1652-the first Europeans to propose settling there--southern Africa appeared on maps of the world as a featureless blank, an uncharted subcontinent stretching for thousands of miles between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.

The saga of its exploration is the incredible story of a colourful and indomitable fraternity, a procession of pioneer hunters and traders, renegade sailors and jail-breakers, prospectors, missionaries, scientists, artists and, indeed, dedicated explorers in the mould of Dr. David Livingstone. All were destined to carve trails into the remotest reaches of the continent.