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1 day ago · Cecil Rhodes, financier, statesman, and empire builder of British South Africa. He was prime minister of Cape Colony (1890–96) and organizer of the giant diamond-mining company De Beers Consolidated Mines, Ltd. (1888).
- Political Involvement in Africa
Cecil Rhodes - African Colonization, Imperialism, Mining:...
- Colonialism, Expansion, Cape Colony
Cecil Rhodes - Colonialism, Expansion, Cape Colony: In the...
- Jameson Raid, Colonialism, Empire
Cecil Rhodes - Jameson Raid, Colonialism, Empire:...
- Thomas François Burgers
Thomas François Burgers (born April 15, 1834, near...
- Political Involvement in Africa
5 days ago · Cecil Rhodes - African Colonization, Imperialism, Mining: Rhodes never regarded moneymaking as an end in itself. “Painting the map red,” building a railway from the Cape to Cairo, reconciling the Boers and the British under the British flag, even recovering the American colonies for the British Empire, were all part of his dream.
5 days ago · Cecil Rhodes - Colonialism, Expansion, Cape Colony: In the meantime, he had returned to office in 1890 in the only post big enough for him, as prime minister of Cape Colony. For five years he proved a successful and imaginative prime minister.
4 days ago · New Delhi: The Victoria Falls Bridge is a unique piece of architecture that connects two countries in Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe and interestingly, it was made in England. The famous bridge passes over the Zambezi River and was built over the Second Gorge of the Victoria Falls.
2 days ago · Leadership in British imperialism was expressed by Joseph Chamberlain and Lord Rosebery, and implemented in Africa by Cecil Rhodes. Other influential spokesmen included Lord Cromer , Lord Curzon , General Kitchner , Lord Milner , and the writer Rudyard Kipling .
2 days ago · In the late 19th century, the territory north of the Transvaal was chartered to the British South Africa Company, led by Cecil Rhodes. Rhodes and his Pioneer Column marched north in 1890, acquiring a huge block of territory that the company would rule until the early 1920s.
3 days ago · MSU Great Charles Rhodes Begins 1st Year as Head Coach at Washington. GREENVILLE - After a 16-year career of playing overseas, Charles Rhodes is moving on to coaching. The former MSU Bulldog and 3-time All-SEC pick has accepted his first head coaching job at Washington School. GREENVILLE - After a 16-year career of playing overseas, Charles ...
