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Forgotten Tracks and Trails of the Escarpment and the Lowveld

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Forgotten tracks and trails was researched from archival sources and contemporaneous literature and documents the origin and development of various Lowveld towns and their roads in the 19th century. It describes the arrival of the first explorers and emigrants to the area as well as the events that unfolded and the individuals involved. Forgotten tracks and trails gives an accurate and concise history of the period leading up to the establishment of the eastern railway line.

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Using the latest drone technology, forgotten roads are again identified as they cross the mountain passes and drifts. A series of aerial photographs dating from the 1930’s was used to identify and pinpoint old highways. Google Earth’s overlay technology also made the creation of accurate maps of the original wagon trails possible. Lidar technology was used to determine old roads now destroyed by forestry and cycles of replanting.

The author debunks various previously held myths of the area. Among the conclusions is the contention that Pretoriuskop has been misnamed agter the Anglo-Boer War.

Forgotten tracks and trails is lavishly illustrated and takes the reader on a journey through time and points to places where history is still visible in the Mpumalanga landscape.

Oor die skrywer:
Gerrit Haarhoff is in Pretoria gebore, het sy skoolopleiding by die Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool in dié stad voltooi, waarna hy medies aan die Universiteit van Pretoria studeer het. Hy het meer as twintig jaar lank ’n privaat praktyk in Hazyview gehad en later vir sowat ’n dekade in Ierland gewerk voordat hy teruggekeer het na die Laeveld om weer hier as algemene praktisyn te werk. Hy is lid van die Mpumalanga Erfenisvereniging en deel gereeld sy kennis oor die geskiedenis van die Laeveld met toergroepe.

Spesifikasies: Landskap; 305 mm x 215 mm; hardeband; 314 bladsye

Skrywer: Gerrit Haarhoff

Uitgewer: Gerrit Haarhoff

Genre: Niefiksie