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First posted July 1st 2005, last revised on June 10th 2011







For the history since 1910, see South Africa

Cape Colony, 1872-1910 .. Stellaland
Cape Colony 1835-1872 .. Great Kaffraria .. East Griqualand .. West Griqualand .. Great Trek
Cape Colony 1806-1835

Cape Colony 1652-1806

The Cape Area, 1488-1652


Historical Atlas, South Africa Page


Students' Papers : Kim, Hong, The Boer War as Portrayed in Punch 1898-1900 (2008)



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Country Profiles Current Article : Cape Colony, from Wikipedia
Historical P. Kolbe, Naaukeurige en uitvoerige beschryving van de kaap de Goede Hoop, 1727, in Dutch, GB
P. Buchenroeder, Beknopt berigt nopens de volkplanting de Kaap de Goede Hoop, 1806, in Dutch, GB
Ansicht des Vorgebirges der Guten Hoffnung im Jahre 1814, pp.20-40 in vol.1 of Ethnographisches Archiv, 1814, in German, GB
J.C. Chase, The Cape of Good Hope and the eastern province of Algoa Bay, 1843, GB
G. Nicholson, The cape and its colonists: with hints to settlers in 1848, 1848, GB
T. Smith, South Africa delineated, 1850, GB
H. Hall, Manual of South African geography, 1859, GB
R. Noble, The Cape and its people: and other essays, 1869, GB
J. Noble, Descriptive Handbook of the Cape Colony : Its Condition and Resources (1875), IA
Links on History Category : Cape Colony, from Wikipedia
Organizations Southern African Historical Society
Economic History Society of Southern Africa
Church History Society of Southern Africa
South African Military History Society
Anglo-Boer War Philatelic Society
Cape Town Family History Society
Cape Town Heritage Trust
Historical Dictionaries
Timelines Alistair Boddy-Evans, Timeline of Slavery in the Cape Colony
Accounts of History Modern
Historical G. Lauts, Geschiedenis van de Kaap de Goede Hoop, Nederlandsche volkplanting. 1652-1806, 1854, in Dutch, GB
The Cape of Good Hope, pp.1-262 in R.M. Martin, History of Southern Africa, 1836, GB
A. Wilmot, History of the colony of the Cape of Good Hope, 1869, GB
Specific Periods Article : History of Cape Colony until 1806, 1806-1870, 1870-1899, 1899-1910, from Wikipedia
D. Mills, The English in Africa (1900), posted on Internet Archive, chapter VII : The English and the Dutch in South Africa, pp.158-196
A.F. Trotter, Old Cape Colony; a chronicle of her men and houses from 1652-1806 (1903), posted on Internet Archive
J. Cappon, Britain's Title in South Africa, Or, The Story of Cape Colony to the Days of the Great Trek (1901), posted on Internet Archive
A. Wilmot, J.C. Chase, History of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope: From Its Discovery to the Year 1819 (1869), posted on Internet Archive
Politics
Military First Kaffir War 1818-1819, Kaffir War 1834-1835, Kaffir War 1846, Anglo-Boer War 1848, Kaffir War 1851-1853, Basuto War 1852, Basuto War 1857, Kaffir War 1877-1878, Boer War 1899-1902, from ACED
R. Cannon, History of the Cape Mounted Riflemen (1842), IA
Economy & Finances Entry South Africa, from Global History of Currencies, by Bryan Taylor
History of the First National Bank
A.R.E. Burton, Cape Colony for the Settler: An Account of Its Urban and Rural Industries, Their Probable Future (1902), posted on Internet Archive
Social History Sieketroosters aan die Kaap 1652-1866 (Nurses at the Cape), summary of J.P. Claasen's doctoral thesis, summarized by by Johan Erasmus, in Afrikaans
Laura J. Mitchell, Belongings : Property, Family, and Identity in Colonial South Africa, diss. Columbia UP n.d.
R. Cadbury, Everyday Life in Cape Colony in Time of Peace (1902), posted on Internet Archive
Iziko : History of Slavery in South Africa
Immigranten in Kaap de Goede Hoop in de 17e eeuw, from CBG, in Dutch
Ethnography The Slave Route, from Arts 2000, on the history of slavery in the Cape Colony
German Immigrants to the Dutch Cape Colony 1652-1806, from German South Africa Resource Page
South Africa, pp.29-59 in Report of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Aboriginal Tribes, 1837, GB
J.S. Mason, On the Malays of Cape Town, 1855, GB
Religion Article Nerderduits Gereformeerde Kerk, Afrikaner Calvinism, from Wikipedia
History of Regions Article Griqualand West, Stellaland, from Wikipedia
Local History History of Cape Town from Wikipedia
A Brief History of Cape Town, from Cape Town 2004
Institutions
Biographies
Others Afrotropic Ecoregion, from WWF

WEB-BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . EXTERNALLY POSTED DOCUMENTS
Historical Data Lists of Statesmen from Cape Colony by Ben Cahoon
Regnal Chronologies : Southern Africa, scroll down for Minor Boer States (the chieftaincies listed there, in fact, were no Boer states, but Griqua etc. polities); scroll sown for Xhosa, kwaZulu
Governors of Dutch Empire, Cape Colony, from Wikibooks
Lists of Consuls Political Graveyard, South Africa, has incomplete list of U.S. consuls in Cape Town since 1799
Lists of Bishops List of (Anglican) Bishops and Archbishops of Cape Town, from Wikipedia
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cape Town : List of Ordinaries of Cape Town, from Wikipedia
Population Figures South Africa, historical demographical data by administrative division, from Population Statistics by Jan Lahmeyer
Statistical Register of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope 1887, 1902, 1905 posted on Internet Archive
Documents Historical Newspapers De Gereformeerde kerkbode in Zuid-Afrika vol.1 1848, vol.2 1850, vol.3 1851, vol.4 1853, vol.5, vol.6 1854, vol.7 1855, vol.8 1856, vol.17 1865, GB
Online Yearbooks Staatskalender African Court Calendar / Africaansche Staats Almanak 1807, 1809, 1811, 1814 GB
African Court Calendar and Directory 1822, GB
Colonial Office List : Cape of Good Hope, 1862 pp.50-56, 1867 pp.29-35, GB
International - Cape Colony Entries Historiesch Schoutooneel van 's Waerlds Lotgewallen in het jaar ... vol.1 : 1791 1792, pp.413-414, in Dutch, GB
Image Databanks Search University of Johannesburg Digispace for Cape Colony
Search Atlas of Mutual Heritage for Cape Town
Search ingenious for "Cape", click for images
Search Scripophily for Cape Colony, Cape Town
From British Military Medals : Cape of Good Hope General Service Medal 1880-1897, Queen's South Africa Medal, 1899-1901, King's South Africa Medal, 1901-1902, Defence of Kimberley Star, 1899-1900
Archival Deposits Cape Colony Collections Resolutions of the Council of Policy of Cape of Good Hope, TANAP
Inventories of the Orphan Chamber of the Cape of Good Hope, TANAP
Stadsarchief Amsterdam, 213: Archief van de Evangelisch-Lutherse Gemeente te Amsterdam; Kerkenraad en Ouderlingen, position 5: Archiefstukken betreffende de oprichting van, later betreffende de kerkelijke zaken in de gemeente Batavia en Kaap de Gode Hoop, van 1776-1820. Archief van de commissie voor kerkelijke zaken in Oost-Indië
Archives holding docs. on C.C. Nationaalarchief, NL
National Archives, UK
Constitutions, Laws Cape of Good Hope, pp.149-159 in A. Mills, Colonial constitutions : an outline of the constitutional history and existing government of the British dependencies 1856, GB
Statutes of the Cape of Good Hope, 1868, GB
Treaties South African Treaties, Conventions, Agreements and State Papers (1898(, posted on Internet Archive
Treaties Entered Into by Governors of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope and Other British .. (1857), posted on Internet Archive
Treaties Entered Into by Governors of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope and Other .. (1857), posted on Internet Archive
Document Collections A collection of VOC Cape of Good Hope land grants, slave grants, debentures, etc., from Paulus Swaen, a commercial site
Records of the Cape Colony from February vol.1 1793-1796 (1897), vol.2 1796-1799 (1898), vol.3 1799-1802 (1898), vol.4 1801-1803 (1899), vol.5 1800-1806 (1899), vol.7, vol.8, vol.9 1812-1814 (1901), vol.10 1814-1815 (1902), vol.11 1815-1818 (1902), vol.12 1818-1820 (1902), vol.13 1820-1821 (1902), vol.14 1821-1822 (1902), vol.15, vol.16, vol.17, vol.18, vol.19 1824-1825 (1904), vol.20, vol.21 1825 (1904), vol.22 1825 (1904), vol.23 1825 (1904), vol.24, vol.25 1826 (1905), vol.26 1826 (1905), vol.27 1826 (1905), vol.28 1826 (1905), vol.30 1827 (1905), vol.31 1827 (1905), vol.32 1827 (1905), vol.33 1827 (1905), vol.34 1827 (1905), vol.35 1827-1831 (1905), vol.36 index, 1905, posted on Internet Archive
H.C.V. Leibbrandt, Rambles through the archives of the colony of the Cape of Good Hope, 1688-1700 (1887), posted on Internet Archive
Natal & Cape of Good Hope : Further despatches from the lieut.-governor of Natal & the governor of the Cape of Good Hope, on the subject of the recognition of Moshesh, chief of the Basutos, & of his tribe, as British subjects. (In continuation of papers presented May, 1869.) Presented to both houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty, 21 February, 1870 , 1870, Gb
A plea for our own coast and our Cape colony, 1852, GB
Cape of Good Hope, Government and Legislature Considered, 1851
Papers relative to the establishment of a representative legislature at the Cape of Good Hope , 1851, GB
The recall of his excellency Sir George Grey: governor of the Cape of Good Hope; correspondence respecting the recall of Governor Sir George Grey from the Cape of Good Hope, and his subsequent reappointment to the government of that colony. Reprinted from papers ordered by the House, 1860, GB
Cape of Good Hope, Proclamations, advertisements and other official notices, 1827, GB
Echte stukken betreffende het volbragt onderzoek der verrichtingen van de Generale commissie in den jare 1791 benoemd geweest over de O.I. bezittingen van den staat en de Kaab de Goede Hoop, benevens den finalen uitslag van hetzelve, 1803, in Dutch, GB
F. Marryat, G.B. Richardson, The universal code of signals for the mercantile marine of all nations, 1869, GB; search for Cape Town
Search ingenious for "Cape", click for texts
Historical Maps Map Issuing Institutions Republic of South Africa, Chief Surveyor General
R. Wonnacott, 90 years of surveying and mapping, 2010
General Collections David Rumsey Map Collection
Atlas of South Africa, from Wikimedia Commons
South Africa Maps, from PCL, UTexas
Category : Old Maps of South Africa, from Wikipedia
C. Board, The Imperial Map Cape Colony and later military maps of the Cape Colony, South Africa.
Search Atlas of Mutual Heritage for Cape Town
Whole Country, Modern Map of the Cape Colony, from Historical and Political Maps of the Modern Age
Map : South Africa 1899-1910, from Le Web Pedagogique
Whole Country, Historical Cape Colony 1906, from Probert Encyclopedia
Cape Colony 1911 (Britannica), from Wikimedia Commons
Cape Colony 1809, from Wikipedia
Detail, Modern
Detail, Historical Map of Cape Town c.1890, from Meyers Konversationsatlas, posted by Wikimedia Commons
Historical
Encyclopedia Entries
General Articles Cape Colony, Cape Province, Cape Town, Stellenbosch, Graham's Town, Simon's Town, Kimberley, from EB 1911
Articles Kapland, Kapstadt, Griqualand, Kimberley, from Meyers Konversationslexikon 1885-1892, in German
Religious Articles Western Vicariate of the Cape of Good Hope, Eastern Vicariate of the Cape of Good Hope, from Catholic Encyclopedia, 1907 edition
Cape Colony, from New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge
Südafrika, pp.658-661 in vol.2 of C.Fr. Staeudlin, Kirchliche Geographie u. Statistik, 1804, in German, GB
Cape Colony, pp.83-84 in W. Chapin, Missionary Gazetteer, 1825, GB
Cape Colony, p.151 in Ch. Williams, Missionary Gazetteer, 1828, GB
Cape Colony, p.125 in B.B. Edwards, Missionary Gazetteer, 1832, GB
Cape Colony, p.221 in H. Newcomb, A Cyclopedia of Missions, 1855, GB
Economic Cape of Good Hope, pp.34-54 in W. Milburn, Oriental commerce, 1813, GB
Cape of Good Hope, pp.28-34 in W. Milburn, Oriental commerce, 1825, GB
Cape of Good Hope, pp.507-508 in J. Blunt, The shipmaster's assistant, and commercial digest, 1837, GB
Ch. Pope, The yearly journal of trade, 1837-8 : comprising laws of customs and excise, treaties and conventions with foreign powers, tariffs of United Kingdom, Russia, Monte Video ... parliamentary speeches and papers, proclamations, orders in Council and of government boards, reports of law cases, translations of foreign documents (1838), posted on Internet Archive, on Cape of Good Hope pp.306-307
Cape of Good Hope, p.154 in W. Waterston, A manual of commerce, 1840, GB
Das Kapland, pp.174-178 in Grosses Adressbuch der Kaufleute, Fabrikanten und handelnden Gewerbsleute von Europa und den Hauptpläzen der fremden Welttheile vol.23 : Griechenland, Türkei, Asien, Afrika und Australien, 1845, in German, GB
Geographical Cape Colony, pp.126-129 in J. Conder, A dictionary of geography, ancient and modern, 1834, GB
Cape Colony, Natal and Kafraria, pp.562-566 in A. Mackay, Manual of modern geography, mathematical, physical, and political, 1861, GB
Ethnographical The Cape Colony, pp.297-299 in M.E. Darton, The earth and its inhabitants, 1868, GB
Historical De Kaap de Goede Hoop, pp.478-479 in T. Salmon, Hedendaagsche historie of tegenwoordige staat der Vereenigde Nederlanden, 1739, in Dutch, GB
Cape of Good Hope, pp.512-543 in vol.15 of The modern part of an universal history, 1760, GB
Cape Colony, pp.156-174 in H.R.F. Bourne, The story of our colonies, 1869, GB
Parliamentary Debates Search Hansard for Cape Colony
Postal Routes etc. Search Bradshaw's continental railway, steam transit, and general guide 1853, 1859, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1866, GB, for Cape of Good Hope
Travelogues B. Stout, Cape of Good Hope and its dependencies: An accurate and truly interesting description of those delightful regions, situated five hundred miles north of the Cape, formerly in possession of the Dutch, but lately ceded to the Crown of England; and which are to be colonized, with every possible despatch ... Likewise a luminous and affecting detail of Captain Stout's travels through the deserts of Caffraria and the Christian settlements, to the Cape, 1820, GB
Notes on the Cape of Good Hope: made during an excursion in that colony in the year 1820 , 1821, GB
B. Shaw, Memorials of South Africa, 1840, GB
J.T. Arbousset, F. Daumas, Narrative of an exploratory tour to the north-east of the colony of the Cape of Good Hope, 1846, GB
E.H.D.E. Napier, Excursions in Southern Africa: Including a History of the Cape Colony (1849), posted on Internet Archive
Residence Memoirs C.J.F. Bunbury, Journal of a residence at the Cape of Good Hope, 1848, GB
H. Ward, The Cape and the Kaffirs : a diary of five years' residence in Kaffirland ; with a chapter of advice to emigrants, based on the latest official returns, and the most recent information regarding the colony, 1851, GB
R. Gray, Cape of Good Hope: journals of two visitations in 1848 and 1850, 1852, GB
M. Reed, The bush-boys: or, The history and adventures of a Cape farmer and his family in the wild karoos of Southern Africa, 1856, GB
Reminiscences of a frontier armed & mounted police officer in South Africa, 1866, GB
Exhibition Catalogues South Africa, pp.949-952 in vol.4 of Official descriptive and illustrated catalogue , Great Exhibition of 1851, GB
Cape of Good Hope. General committee instituted for the Universal exhibition of 1855, Universal exhibition, 1855, colony of the Cape of Good Hope: vademecum, 1855, GB
Cape of Good Hope, p.113 in Official catalogue of the industrial department , London Exhibition, 1862
Institutions Archives South African History Online : Archives
National Archives and Records Service, South Africa
Western Cape Archives and Records Service
Musea Iziko Museums of Cape Town
Monuments
Libraries National Library of South Africa
National Symbols Flags, Coats of Arms Flag, from FOTW; Coat of Arms, from International Civic Arms; from Armoria Patriae
Coins, Banknotes Search Coin Archives for Cape of Good Hope
Stamps Rare Cape of Good Hope, Natal, Griqualand West, Stellaland Stamps, from Sandafayre Stamps Gallery; Cape of Good Hope, Griqualand, Stellaland Stamps, from Stamps Catalogue 1840-1920 by Evert Klaseboer

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Bibliographies general ISBN Database
RHS Bibliography
UK National Archive Online Library
on Cape Colony national, official
general, other
specialist Y.G.M. Lulat, U.S. Relations with South Africa : Books, documents, reports, and monographs, 1991, GB
Online Libraries general Google Books; Internet Archives; Gutenberg Library Online; HathiTrust; e-corpus
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Digitale Sammlungen; Staatsbibliothek Berlin, Digitalisierte Sammlungen
International Boundary Studies, search for South Africa
On Cape Colony Search Aluka for Cape Colony
African Digital Library
Online Journals African Journal Archive
General Accounts Robert Ross, A Concise History of South Africa, Cambridge Concise Histories, 1999, 219 pp.
Charles H. Feinstein, An Economic History of South Africa, Cambridge : UP 2005
Readers Digest Illustrated History of South Africa, Pleasantville NY : Readers Digest, 1988 [G]
Christopher Saunders and Iain R. Smith, Southern Africa 1795-1910, pp.597-623 in : Andrew Porter (ed.), The Oxford History of the British Empire, Vol.III : The Nineteenth Century, Oxford : UP 1999, KMLA Lib.Sign. 909.0971241 O98o v.3
Specific Topics
Historical Dictionaries
Yearbook Entries Article : Cape of Good Hope Province, in : Americana Annual 1927 pp.153-154, 1928 p.137, 1930 p.152, 1931 p.142, 1932 pp.140-141, 1933 pp.135-136, 1934 p.133, 1935 p.127, 1936 p.119, 1937 p.108, 1943 p.135, 1944 p.129 [G]