Louis Tregardt
(1783-1838)
South African explorer
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Louis Johannes Tregardt (1783–1838) (from Swedish: trädgård, garden) was a farmer from the Cape Colony's eastern frontier, who became an early voortrekker leader, called the "voorste mense". Shunning colonial authority, he emigrated in 1834 to live among the Xhosa, before he crossed the Orange River into neutral territory. His northward trek, along with fellow trekker Johannes (Hans) van Rensburg, was commenced in early 1836. He led his small party of emigrants, composed of seven Boer farmers, with their wives and thirty-four children, Bushman slaves and Bantu servants, into the uncharted interior of South Africa, and settled for a year at the base of the Zoutpansberg.
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10 August 1783 Kango, Swellendam district
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| Died |
25 October 1838 (aged 55)
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| Zodiac | Leo |
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