'The Orange River below Kei’s, looking west', 1872
Scope and Contents
The caption reads, 'The first boat that floated on its waters. The left hand shore is the Cape Colony, the right is the great Southern Desert, 1872. The Islands in front are where Sir Walter Currie shelled out the bushmen about 1870-1'. The term Bushmen is a historic term used to describe a group of Khoisan-speaking hunter-gatherers who lived in the Kalahari Desert.
Dates
- Creation: 1872
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Extent
1 item(s)
Language of Materials
English
Finding aid date
2015-01-02 14:33:49+00:00
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