Gledhill, Eily.creatorGledhill, Jack.textbibliographybiographyBiography.History.saCape TownHuman & Rousseau1980monographiceng

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240 pages, [32] pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cmTo pastures of Good Hope -- Non sibi, sed Patriae -- The Western Cape farmer -- "Look East, where whole new thousands are" -- Family man and Government contractor -- Frontier farmer -- Merchant -- Sibi et Patriae -- Retreat to Mooimeisiesfontein -- Coeroemo Bosch -- The storms break -- Fading hopes -- We quit this Colony -- Noth to the Blesberg -- His Excellency the Governor -- Toe the Kerkengberg To the Promised land -- A task completed -- The end of the road -- The aftermath -- Piet Retief -- Summary of Pieter Retief's family tree -- Glossary -- Currencies, weights and measures at the Cape -- Provedance of illustrationsEily and Jack Gledhill.Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-234) and index.f-sa---Retief, Pieter1780-1838Retief, Pieter1780-1838Great Trek (South Africa : 1836-1840) 1836 - 1840 fast AfrikanersBiographyAfrikanersSouth AfricaHistoryGreat Trek, 1836-1840South AfricaDT773.3.R47 G6968.04/20798110880978079811088481164872DLC82021020230206102523.0ocm08222634 eng