The Great Trek: 19th Century Heritage Series - Chris Venter
The Great Trek (19th Century Heritage Series)
An Essential Historical Introduction to the Great Migration of 1836
Bibliographic Specifications
- Title: The Great Trek: 19th Century Heritage Series
- Author: Chris Venter
- Publisher: Don Nelson Publishers, Cape Town
- Publication Date: 2013
- ISBN-13: 9781868063406
- Edition Details: Standard Softcover Release. Part of the highly regarded 19th Century Heritage Series.
- Binding: Original publisher's premium heavy-gauge illustrated glossy card wrappers (Trade Softcover).
- Physical Format: Octavo (8vo), 80 pages. Richly enhanced with historical images, context maps, chronologies, and index listings.
- Language: English
Official Condition Report
- The Book: Very Good (VG)
- Exterior / Wraps: The pictorial card wrappers are exceptionally flat, bright, and square. Minor, microscopic storage friction exists on the corner tips, entirely consistent with gentle handling over time. The spine is unbroken and perfectly uncreased.
- Interior: Very Good Plus (VG+). The internal text block is immaculate, crisp, and robustly bound. Inner leaves are clean, bright white, and entirely free of previous owner stamps, personal signatures, dealer pencil marks, text highlights, or dog-ears.
- The Dust Jacket: Not Applicable (As Issued).
Synopsis & Historical Value
Published in 2013 as part of the 19th Century Heritage Series, Chris Venter's The Great Trek offers a highly objective, concise entry point into one of South Africa's foundational historical epochs. The book reconstructs the mass migration of roughly 10,000 Dutch-speaking Boer men, women, and children who packed their lives into wagon trains and journeyed away from the British colonial administration of the Cape Colony from 1836 onward. Venter details the underlying socioeconomic frustrations, the hazardous interior terrains, and the pivotal territorial clashes with local kingdoms. Complete with specialized timelines and archival artwork, this is a premium, collectible reference copy for collectors expanding their 19th-century Africana library.
Author Profile: Chris Venter
Chris Venter is a respected South African historian and non-fiction writer dedicated to making complex colonial history accessible to the public. Known for his concise narrative pacing and commitment to educational heritage projects, Venter's collaborations with regional publishers have focused on translating rare archival accounts into clear, beautifully illustrated historical guides for global collectors.
