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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).
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.
Jun 27, 2024 · 27 Jun 2024 1. ‘Rhodes and His Banker’ is the story of the remarkable friendship between Cecil John Rhodes and his unassuming banker, Lewis Michell. Both were personally involved in all the ...
Jun 21, 2024 · Rhodesism, a term derived from the legacy of Cecil John Rhodes, represents a complex interplay of colonialism, imperialism, and racial ideologies that have shaped, and continue to shape, various societies.
Jun 29, 2024 · The Rhodes Colossus cartoon, depicting British businessman Cecil Rhodes stretching across Africa, by Edward Linley Sambourne, 1892. Source: Wikimedia Commons Italy also rapidly expanded its territory, annexing Eritrea in 1885, Somalia in 1889, and Libya in 1911.
Jun 15, 2024 · A summary of the career stats for Cecil Rhodes, a rugby league player who played for the Western Suburbs Magpies.
