'The Voor-Trekkers', 1909. Artist: Joseph Ratcliffe Skelton.

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'The Voor-Trekkers', 1909. The Voortrekkers mainly consisted of Trekboer pastoralists and Cape Dutch citizens from the Eastern frontier of the Cape Colony who during the 1830s and 1840s left the British controlled Cape. They travelled to the interior of what is now South Africa in what is known as the Great Trek. From Romance of Empire - South Africa by Ian D. Colwin. [T. C. & E. C. Jack , London, 1909]

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Location: World,Europe,Netherlands,World,Africa,South Africa
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