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David Hume (66), explorer and big-game hunter, dies in Grahamstown. He came to the Cape with Benjamin Moodie’s Scotch settlers
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- 01Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar, Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau
- 02Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 5, p. 656
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, January 31). David Hume (66), explorer and big-game hunter, dies in Grahamstown. He came to the Cape with Benjamin Moodie’s Scotch settlers. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073220
South African History Online (2012) 'David Hume (66), explorer and big-game hunter, dies in Grahamstown. He came to the Cape with Benjamin Moodie’s Scotch settlers', South African History Online, 31 January. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073220 (Accessed: 7 August 2026).
South African History Online, David Hume (66), explorer and big-game hunter, dies in Grahamstown. He came to the Cape with Benjamin Moodie’s Scotch settlers [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073220, (accessed 7 August 2026).
"David Hume (66), explorer and big-game hunter, dies in Grahamstown. He came to the Cape with Benjamin Moodie’s Scotch settlers." South African History Online, 31 Jan. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073220. Accessed 7 Aug. 2026.
South African History Online. "David Hume (66), explorer and big-game hunter, dies in Grahamstown. He came to the Cape with Benjamin Moodie’s Scotch settlers." South African History Online. January 31, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0073220.
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