The Story of the British Settlers of 1820 in South Africa by Harold Edward Hockly

The Story of the British Settlers of 1820 in South Africa by Harold Edward Hockly

Hardcover
Publisher: Juta

1973 Reprinted edition

Condition: Very Good. The original Maroon boards with gilt lettering on the spine, without a DJ are slightly shelf rubbed and edge worn/bumped. The book has no inscriptions and the binding is excellent.

• This book chronicles the arrival of the Settlers of 1820 on the shores of Southern Africa; their location on the Eastern Frontier of the old Cape Colony as a buffer against the increasing migration of the Bantu tribes westwards into the Colony; their early pioneering efforts to establish themselves in the face of seemingly insurmountable hardships and obstacles; the narrowly averted collapse of the infant Settlement through drought, famine, flood, hostile invasion and war; and the eventual advance of its sturdy founders to peace, security and prosperity.

• A SECOND, ENLARGED AND REVISED, EDITION of this well-known work has become necessary by reason of the continued and steadily increasing interest in its subject-matter. Advantage has been taken of the opportunity thus afforded to incorporate a mass of additional valuable information and to revise the whole text, in the light of newly discovered facts and further diligent research.

  This second edition chronicles the arrival of the Settlers of 1820 on the shores of Southern Africa; their location on the Eastern Frontier of the old Cape Colony as a buffer against the increasing migration of the Bantu tribes westwards into the Colony; their early pioneering efforts to establish themselves in the face of seemingly insurmountable hardships and obstacles; the narrowly averted collapse of the infant Settlement through drought, famine, flood, hostile invasion and war; and the eventual advance of its sturdy founders to peace, security and prosperity. Here are brought together within the compass of a single volume, the many varied phases of an intensely human and stirring saga of steadfastness, high endeavour and ultimate achievement.

  With the narrative appears a complete pictorial record pertaining to the Settlement —over a hundred illustrations and three maps, most of them reproduced from rare old prints and valuable pictures of the period, and all of very considerable historical and artistic interest; also a Roll of Honour and a complete list of the original Settlers.

• Over 100 illustrations and 3 maps, most of them reproduced from rare old prints. Also a Roll of Honour and a complete list of the original Settlers. Maps as end-papers.