 ... any permanent settlement here. (See next article.) Cape of Good Hope ; a British colony, near the southern extremity of Africa. The Dutch, who had early fixed upon this point as a watering-place for their ships, first colonized it in the middle of...  A New and Comprehensive Gazetteer - Page 301by George Newenham Wright - 1835Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Geography - 1833 - 300 pages
...persecution. T'he Dutch settlers reducing the Hottentots to slavery, or driving them beyond the mountains, extended the Cape settlement to nearly its present limits. It was captured by the •English, and is now their most imnottant possession in Africa. Its extent is nearly equal to that of the island... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1835 - 608 pages
...for their ships, first colonized it in the middle of the 17th century. Reducing the Hottentots (qv) to slavery, or driving them beyond the mountains,...taken in 1806; since which time it has remained in trieir possession. The colony extends about 230 miles from north to south, and 550 from east to west;... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1835 - 300 pages
...persecution. The Dutch settlers, reducing the Hottentots to slavery, or driving them beyond the mountains, extended the Cape settlement to nearly its present limits. It was captured by the English, and is now their most important possession in Africa. Its extent is nearly equal to that of the island... | |
 | Sir Daniel Keyte Sandford - Art - 1836 - 502 pages
...their ships, first colonized it in tlie middle of the seventeenth century. Reducing the Hottentots (qv) to slavery, or driving them beyond the mountains,...nearly its present limits. It was captured by the British in 1795, restored at the peace of Amiens, 1802, and again taken in 1806; since which time it... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1838 - 618 pages
...for their ships, first colonized it in the middle of the 17th century. Reducing the Hottentots (qv) to slavery, or driving them beyond the mountains,...English in 1795, restored at the peace of Amiens, 1803, and again taken in 1806; since which time it has remained in their possession. The colony extends... | |
 | 1850 - 638 pages
...their ships, first colonized it in the middle of the 17th century. Reducing the Hottentots (i(. v.) to slavery, or driving them beyond the mountains,...restored at the peace of Amiens, 1802, and again taken in J800; since which time it has remained in their possession. The colony extends about 230 miles from... | |
 | George Goudie Chisholm - Geography - 1882 - 1020 pages
...watering-place for their ships, first colonized it under Van Riebeek, in 165i Reducing the Hottentot inhabitants to slavery, or driving them beyond the mountains, they extended the Cape settlement over a pretty large area. It was captured by the British in 1795, restored at the Peace of Amiens (1802),... | |
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