The great gold lands of South Africa

Smith, Ronald

The great gold lands of South Africa

dc.contributor.author	Smith, Ronald
dc.contributor.email	pieter.vandermerwe@up.ac.za	en
dc.coverage.spatial	Africa
dc.coverage.spatial	South Africa
dc.coverage.temporal	AD
dc.date.accessioned	2011-06-02T05:16:26Z
dc.date.available	2011-06-02T05:16:26Z
dc.date.issued	1891
dc.description	Sub-title: Vacation run in Cape Colony, Natal, the Orange Free State, and the Transvaal, visiting the diamond mines and the gold fields,the scenes of the Boer War and the war in Zululand; and the country of the Swazies,to which are added narrative of adventures in Matabeleland, and an account of the expedition to Mashonaland.
dc.description.abstract	Cape Town -- Port Elizabeth -- Up country to Kimberley -- Kimberley diamond fields -- The great diamond group -- Diamond finding on the Vaal -- Illicit diamond buyers -- Coach to Johannesburg -- At the gold diggings -- Johannesburg -- The gold fields -- Pretoria -- Coach to Biggarsburg -- Durban -- Isandhlani and Ulundi -- To the Kaap gold fields -- Eureka city - The famous Sheba reef -- Swazieland -- Baines' adventures in Matabeleland -- The Mashonas -- Expedition to Mashonaland -- The 'Gates' of St. John's river -- Grahamstown -- Ostrich farming in the Karoo.	en
dc.description.sponsorship	The original document was digitized with financial support from Media24.	en
dc.description.statementofresponsibility	Edited from notes by Ronald Smith.
dc.description.uri	http://explore.up.ac.za/record=b1720857	en
dc.format.extent	viii, 296, [16]p., 8 p. of plates : ill., map (fold.) ; 19 cm.	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/16687
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.relation.requires	Adobe Reader version 8 or 9
dc.rights	Electronic copy: University of Pretoria; Printed copy: Public domain.	en
dc.source	Original book: Smith, Ronald. The great gold lands of South Africa (London : Ward, Locke, 1891), 296 p.
dc.subject	Gold fields	en
dc.subject.ddc	916.80434
dc.subject.lcsh	South Africa -- Description and travel
dc.title	The great gold lands of South Africa	en
dc.type	Book	en