Cecil John Rhodes statue
Item
Title
Cecil John Rhodes statue
Creator
Sir Herbert Baker
Date Created
1910
Type
Statue
Description
The man who consolidated thousands of small diggings in Kimberley to found De Beers Consolidated Mines was Cecil Rhodes, who then used the profits to extend into gold mining in and around Johannesburg.
Is Part Of
Geological Sciences
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History
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Source
Liebenberg, N. 2021. Stow: A Geological Fieldguide of UCT. Digital Bleek and Lloyd. Centre for Curating the Archive. University of Cape Town.
