Great Trek
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Encyclopedic overview
A map charting the routes of the largest trekking parties during the first wave of the Great Trek (1835-1840) along with key battles and events. The yellow area indicating the initial area of settlement extends too far south – south of Thaba Nchu and what would become Bloemfontein was an area settled by Griqua and Trekboers. Louis Tregardt's route (1833 to 1838)
Survivors of Tregardt’s trek evacuated by sea, 1839
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Great Trek” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.