Author: Heaton, J.R.
Title: Annals of the Cape Provincial Museums. Volume 1. Part 2. Trompetter's Drift Fort, Eastern Cape Province.
Description: Cape Provincial Museums, Albany Museum, Grahamstown. Human Sciences. Volume 1. Part 2. 8th March 1982. Printed wraps, stapled, 28pp. A4. illustrated . New unread copy. Trompetter's Drift was one of the main routes to the interior giving access over the Great Fish River inland to Pondoland & Natal. The security of this crossing was one reasons it played an important part in the frontier conflicts of the first half of the 19thC. The crossing was named after Hans Trompetter, a Hottentot Captain and the fort itself was constructed in 1842-3. 19 illustrations.

Keywords: albany museum grahamstown eastern cape province africa african south southern trompetters drift frontier wars great fish river military architecture


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