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Map of the Cape of Good Hope in 1885 (blue). The areas of Griqualand West and Griqualand East were annexed to the Cape Colony around 1880. The Cape Colony (Dutch: Kaapkolonie), also known as the Cape of Good Hope, was a British colony in present-day South Africa named after the Cape of Good Hope.
Map of the Cape Colony in 1809. The Cape Colony was the first European colony in South Africa, which was initially controlled by the Dutch but subsequently invaded and taken over by the British. After war broke out again, a British force was sent once more to the Cape.
The Dutch Cape Colony (Dutch: Kaapkolonie) was a Dutch United East India Company (VOC) colony in Southern Africa, centered on the Cape of Good Hope, from where it derived its name. The original colony and the successive states that the colony was incorporated into occupied much of modern South Africa .
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Map showing the Cape Colony and Natal in red, and in yellow the Boer republics, the Transvaal and the Orange Free State. Commercial federation advanced another state in 1898 when Natal entered the customs union. A new convention was drafted at the time, creating a "uniform tariff on all imported goods consumed within such union, and an ...
direct rule by Cape Colony: During this time, Sir Peregrine Maitland served as the governor of Cape Colony Lieutenant-governors 4 December 1845 to 1 August 1849: Martin Thomas West: 19 April 1850 to 3 Mar 1855: Benjamin Pine: 1st time 5 November 1856 to 31 December 1864: John Scott: 31 December 1864 to 26 July 1865: John Maclean: 26 July 1865 ...
A photograph of the Port Elizabeth – Uitenhage railway line in 1877 The crest of the now defunct Cape Government Rails as seen in the Cape Town central train station.. The Cape Government Railways (CGR) was the government-owned railway operator in the Cape Colony from 1874 until the creation of the South African Railways (SAR) in 1910.
A map of the frontier districts showing Settler locations, c. 1835. The 1820 Settlers were several groups of British colonists from England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, settled by the government of the United Kingdom and the Cape Colony authorities in the Eastern Cape of South Africa in 1820.