History of Cape Town - Wikipedia
The area known today as Cape Town has no written history before it was first mentioned by Portuguese explorer Bartholomeu Dias in 1488. The German anthropologist Theophilus Hahn recorded that the original name of the area was '||Hui !Gais' – a toponym in the indigenous Khoi language meaning "where clouds gather."
Cape Town | History, Population, Map, Climate, & Facts | Britannica
3 天之前 · Cape Town, city and seaport, legislative capital of South Africa and capital of Western Cape province. The city lies at the northern end of the Cape Peninsula. Because it was the site of the first European settlement in South Africa, Cape Town is known as the country’s ‘mother city.’
Cape Town - Colonialism, Apartheid, Segregation | Britannica
5 天之前 · Cape Town - Colonialism, Apartheid, Segregation: The first European to anchor at Table Bay and climb Table Mountain was the Portuguese navigator António de Saldanha. He encountered a few hundred indigenous inhabitants, a Khoe people whose economy was based on herding, hunting, and gathering.
Cape Town - Wikipedia
Cape Town outgrew its original purpose as the first European outpost at the Castle of Good Hope, becoming the economic and cultural hub of the Cape Colony. Until the Witwatersrand Gold Rush and the development of Johannesburg, Cape Town was the largest city in southern Africa.
Cape Town’s history is a story you need to know
O riginally known as the Cape of Storms, this tumultuous corner of Southern Africa has a history that will leave you feeling moved and enriched. Communities of people had lived in the Cape region long before the beginning of the Christian era, surviving by hunting, fishing and gathering edible plants and roots.
Cape Town’s Troubled Colonial History - TheCollector
2023年9月23日 · Cape Town’s colonial history is one of conflict, disease, slavery, and racism but also of opportunity, hope, and emancipation. The city of Cape Town lies at the southern tip of the African continent. For many centuries, it held a vital strategic position as a halfway point between Europe and the East.
Cape Town, Western Province | South African History Online
Cape Town is one of South Africa’s most Historically important Cities. It was here, in the "Mother City", where the first European Colonists set foot in South Africa—which also marked the beginning of the South African slave trade.
Cape Colony and Cape Town - Encyclopedia.com
The Cape Colony was a Dutch and later British colony at the southern tip of Africa, with Cape Town as its capital and largest city. The region was originally inhabited by the San and Khoikhoi peoples (known together as Khoisan), who were nomadic hunters and pastoralists, and by Bantu-speaking Africans.
Cape Town, South Africa - JSTOR Daily
2023年8月18日 · The story of Cape Town in the twentieth century is stained by apartheid, a system that brought widespread changes to every facet of the city, including the demolition of an entire neighborhood, District Six.
History of Cape Town - Wikiwand
The area known today as Cape Town has no written history before it was first mentioned by Portuguese explorer Bartholomeu Dias in 1488. The German anthropologist Theophilus Hahn recorded that the original name of the area was '||Hui !Gais' – a toponym in the indigenous Khoi language meaning "where clouds gather." [7]