2-756-158 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Algoa Bay and Port Elizabeth, from the Lighthouse', 1901. Port Elizabeth on the Eastern Cape was founded in early 19th century by the government of the Cape Colony, during the Second Boer War of 1899-1902 , the port served as an important transit-point for the British military. From "South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. VI", by Louis Creswicke. [T. C. & E. C. Jack, Edinburgh, 1901]