"Nicol Stassen is the leading expert on the Thirstland Trekkers and their remarkable wanderings in the interior of Southern Africa. In From Humpata to Upingtonia he tells in a fascinating way how it happened that a number of trekkers established the Republic of Upingtonia in the north of Damaraland in 1885. The Cape brown man William Worthington Jordan, one of the most remarkable people who lived in Southern Africa during these years, played an important role in its founding. His tragic death and the downfall of the forgotten republic of Upingtonia are highlighted"--Provided by Publisher.