Port Elizabeth an Overview
… with a welcome market for their produce, but also acted as a focus for future civilian settlement. On 6 June 1820 the … Burchell in 1812, was followed by such notable travellers as Backhouse, Campbell, Bain, Casalis, Smith and Livingstone. … city. Some of this impetus was dissipated after 1890 as, on the one hand, the country’s financial centre moved to …