The Diary of Erasmus Smit - Minister to the Voortrekkers edited by H.F. Schoon and translated by W.G.A Mears
The Diary of Erasmus Smit - Minister to the Voortrekkers edited by H.F. Schoon and translated by W.G.A Mears
Hardcover, ISBN 9780869770139
Publisher: C. Struik, 1972 First Edition.
Used - Very Good+. This book is in very good condition. The Dust Jacket has some very limited signs of wear and the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. Gift inscription on title page. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. The book is protected with a Cellophane cover.
This is the first time that an English translation of “Uit het Dagboek van Erasmus Smit” has been published. As the diary is the only contemporary account of the daily life of the frontiers-men, it is of much importance to the study of the history of South Africa. The material contained herein is fascinating. The reader virtually becomes one of the “trekkers” and experiences with them the jubilations, fears and sorrows of the journey. The trail-blazers that went into the unknown.
