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eventREF E-0010943Revised

10 July 1836

Sir William Cornwallis Harris, traveller, hunter and renowned artist, arrives in Algoa Bay to begin a hunting expedition

Updated
30 Sep 2019

How we know this

  1. 01Joyce, P. (1989) The South African Family Encyclopaedia, Cape Town: Struik
  2. 02Potgieter, D.J. et al (eds) (1972) Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa. NASOU: Cape Town. Vol. 5, p. 440-1.
  3. 03Wallis, F. (2000) Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar, Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

Cite this entry

South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Sir William Cornwallis Harris, traveller, hunter and renowned artist, arrives in Algoa Bay to begin a hunting expedition. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0010943

South African History Online (2011) 'Sir William Cornwallis Harris, traveller, hunter and renowned artist, arrives in Algoa Bay to begin a hunting expedition', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0010943 (Accessed: 10 October 2026).

South African History Online, Sir William Cornwallis Harris, traveller, hunter and renowned artist, arrives in Algoa Bay to begin a hunting expedition [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0010943, (accessed 10 October 2026).

"Sir William Cornwallis Harris, traveller, hunter and renowned artist, arrives in Algoa Bay to begin a hunting expedition." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0010943. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.

South African History Online. "Sir William Cornwallis Harris, traveller, hunter and renowned artist, arrives in Algoa Bay to begin a hunting expedition." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0010943.

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