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A cameo from the past : the prehistory and early history of the Kruger National Park
- Title
- A cameo from the past : the prehistory and early history of the Kruger National Park / U. de V. Pienaar and contributors, E.J. Carruthers [and others] ; translated by Helena Bryden.
- Author
- Pienaar, U. de V. (Uys de Villiers)
- Publication
- Pretoria : Protea Book House, 2012.
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Details
- Description
- 757 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), portraits (some color); 28 cm +
- Uniform Title
- Neem uit die verlede. English
- Alternative Title
- Neem uit die verlede.
- Subjects
- Wildlife conservation
- Stone age
- Game reserves
- Prehistoric peoples
- Wildlife conservation > South Africa > Lowveld Area > History
- South Africa > Kruger National Park
- Stone age > South Africa > Lowveld Area
- Krüger-Nationalpark
- Aufsatzsammlung
- Geschichte 1898-2000
- Game reserves > South Africa > History
- Kruger National Park (South Africa) > History
- Prehistoric peoples > South Africa > Lowveld Area
- Lowveld Area (South Africa) > History
- South Africa > Lowveld Area
- History
- Genre/Form
- Aufsatzsammlung.
- History.
- Note
- Five folded col. maps in envelope affixed to inside back cover.
- Translation of: Neem uit die verlede. 2. uitg. Pretoria : Protea Boekhuis, 2007.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- When the Lowveld was wild and desolate -- A new order -- The first Europeans visit the Lowveld -- The Voortrekkers explore the Lowveld -- João Albasini (1813-1888) -- The bygone days of the Soutpansberg -- Pioneers and hunters in the Lowveld -- On the trail of the explorers -- Prospectors and delving -- Transport roads, transport riders and the tsetse fly -- The eastern and Selati railway lines -- The demarcation of the border between Mozambique and the ZAR -- Game conservation in the Transvaal 1846-1898 and the proclamation of the Sabie Game Reserve -- War clouds loom over the Lowveld 1899-1902 -- Reproclamation of the Sabie Game Reserve and later border changes -- Early years : the Sabie and Shingwedzi reserves and the Kruger National Park 1900-1946 -- Quests for buried treasures -- Lonely graves in the bushveld -- The wild days of Crooks Corner -- The saga of the WNLA in the Kruger National Park -- Early supporters and benefactors of the reserves -- Memorials and memorial plaques.
- ISBN
- 9781869191955
- 1869191951
- OCLC
- ocn785082798
- 785082798
- SCSB-5762590
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries