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The term Afrikaners or Afrikaans people [6] [7] [8] is generally used in modern-day South Africa for the white Afrikaans-speaking population of South Africa (the largest group of White South Africans) encompassing the descendants of both the Boers, and the Cape Dutch who did not embark on the Great Trek.
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 colonisation extends too far south – south of Thaba Nchu and what would become Bloemfontein was an area colonised by Griqua and Trekboers.
The founders – variously named Trekboers, Boers, and Voortrekkers – settled mainly in the middle, northern, north-eastern and eastern parts of present-day South Africa. Two of the Boer republics achieved international recognition and complete independence: the South African Republic ( Dutch : Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek , ZAR; or Transvaal ...
Historically, Boers have exhibited a drive for independence which resulted in the establishment of different republics in what is now the modern Republic of South Africa. . The Voortrekkers proclaimed separate independent republics, most notably Natalia Republic, the Orange Free State and the South African Republic (the Transvaa
Map of the Route of the Dorslandtrekkers (solid line) Dorsland Trek (Thirstland Trek) is the collective name of a series of explorations undertaken by Boer settlers from South Africa from 1874 to 1881, in search of political independence and better living conditions.
The Boers created sovereign states in what is now South Africa: de Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (the South African Republic) and the Orange Free State were the most prominent and lasted the longest. The discovery of goldfields awakened British interest in the Boer republics, and the two Boer Wars resulted: The First Boer War (1880–1881) and ...
View this map on the BL Georeferencer service. Image taken from: Title: "History of the Boers in South Africa ... with three maps" Author: THEAL, George McCall. Shelfmark: "British Library HMNTS 9061.eee.18." Page: 10 Place of Publishing: London Date of Publishing: 1887 Publisher: Sonnenschein & Co. Issuance: monographic Identifier: 003607007
View this map on the BL Georeferencer service. Image taken from: Title: "History of the Boers in South Africa ... with three maps" Author: THEAL, George McCall. Shelfmark: "British Library HMNTS 9061.eee.18." Page: 11 Place of Publishing: London Date of Publishing: 1887 Publisher: Sonnenschein & Co. Issuance: monographic Identifier: 003607007