R120.00
History of the Cape before Van Riebeeck’s time.
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TITLE: By Strength of Heart
AUTHOR: De Kock, Victor
PUBLISHER: Howard B. Timmins, Cape Town 1953
PAGES: 116
BINDING: Hardcover
DIMENSIONS: 265×187
WEIGHT: 0.55
Fascinating history of the Cape before Van Riebeeck’s time, is vividly told by the well-known Archivist, Victor de Kock. Here are the adventures of the first Europeans to round Southern Africa; the story of great voyages in little ships by men who faced unknown perils and hardships; of battles on sea and on land; of terrible shipwrecks; of heroism and cruelty; of monsters and mermaids . an enthralling narrative of the great struggle for the trade of the East.
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