Louis Tregardt
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Louis Johannes Tregardt, commonly spelled Trichardt was a farmer from the Cape Colony's eastern frontier, who became an early voortrekker leader. Shunning colonial authority, he emigrated in 1834 to l
Relief of Tregardt in the Voortrekker Monument, Pretoria
The Louis Tregardt memorial garden in Maputo is situated near the Tregardt graves
Grandson Head of Transvaal State Artillery S. P. E. Trichard (1847 - 1907).
Soutpansberg
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The Soutpansberg, meaning "Salt Pan Mountain" in Afrikaans, is a range of mountains in far northern South Africa. It is located in Vhembe District, Limpopo. It is named for the salt pan located at its
Louis Tregardt
…with their wives and thirty-four children & native servants, into the uncharted interior of South Africa, and settled for a year at the base of the Zoutpansberg. At this most northerly point of their trek, unhealthy conditions began to take a toll on man and animal. Seemingly abandoned by a follow-up trek, and…
The western extremity of the Soutpansberg – as seen from Vivo, 10 km from the salt pan
Hanglip promontory, overlooking Louis Trichardt
Composite image of landscape photographs from the Southern Soutpansberg.
Hikers in the central Soutpansberg