1.a cape in S Africa, in the SW Republic of South Africa. 2.Also calledCape′ Prov`ince.Formerly,Cape Colony.a province in the Republic of South Africa. 7,443,500; 277,169 sq. mi. (717,868 sq. km).Cap.:Cape Town. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 ...
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1879: The Dutch formalize their control over Betsonaland and expand into parts of western Katanga due to the rich copper deposits, further increasing the colony’s wealth. 1880: The Dutch establish the University of Cape Town, following the establishment of several Hoger Burger Schools (HBS), ...
It was home to one of the earliest governers in the Cape colony, and underwent extensive refurbishment after a fire. The gravel in the front of the house instead of a garden, provides visual rest and emphasises the stately grandeur of the architecture. Click on more Cape Town architecture ...
(1987). The Economy of the Cape Colony in the Eighteenth Century, Centre for the History of European Expansion, Leiden. Google Scholar Wardle, P. (1989). English summary: Kessel. Huisvuil uit en kasteel. Mededelingenblad Nederlandse Vereniging van Vrienden van de Ceramick 136(4): 46-...
(Sri Lanka), and arrogated to itself the fabulous trade of the Spice Islands. A colony, established (1652) in South Africa at the Cape of Good Hope, remained Dutch until conquered by Great Britain in 1814. The company was dissolved when it became scandalously corrupt and nearly insolvent ...
Finally, additional complications exacerbating disease problems in zoos and captive breeding programs stem from inbreeding depression, or the genetic impoverishment of a captive colony due to loss of diversity and the expression of deleterious recessive alleles. This loss of genetic variability leads to ...
This article considers the ways in which children's leisure time was conceptualised and directed in the Cape Colony between 1850 and the end of the century. Using diaries, letters, and evidence presented to Parliamentary commissions of enquiry, the article argues that the notion of 'productivity'...
The Huguenots who arrived at the Cape Colony in 1688/9, we argue, possessed skills different from those of the incumbent farmers, and this enabled them to become more productive wine-makers. We demonstrate this by showing that this difference is explained by none of the standard factors of ...
Soon, however, the tail was wagging the dog.The British colony proved to be a more profitable investment than the temporary motherland in France and the Normans left the continent and settled down in England for good. Their final defeat and the loss of their properties in France were a ...