1888 Reclus print CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA (#46)

Description: Reclus13_46 1888 Reclus print CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA (#46) Nice print titled Cape-Town. - vue generale, from wood engraving with fine detail and clear impression, nice hand coloring, approx. page size 27.5 x 19 cm, approx. image size is 19 x 13 cm. From La Nouvelle Géographie universelle, la terre et les hommes / The Earth and Its Inhabitants, great work of Elisee Reclus. Cape Town, Afrikaans KAAPSTAD, city and seaport, legislative capital of South Africa and capital of Western Cape province. It lies at the northern end of the Cape Peninsula, some 30 miles (50 km) north of the Cape of Good Hope. Located in one of the world's most scenic natural settings for urban life, much of the city and its suburbs winds about the steep slopes of Table Mountain and its neighbouring peaks. Most of the city proper spreads across the area's extensive flatlands. Cape Town is situated in the extreme southwestern portion of South Africa and until recently was the country's major seaport, but by the early 1980s it had been surpassed by the port at Durban. The nearby Benguela Current off southwestern Africa's Atlantic coast has an overall cooling effect on Cape Town's mild climate. About half of the 26-inch (660-millimetre) average annual rainfall occurs during the mild winter (June to August), when temperatures average 55 F (13 C). Summers are warm (70 F [21 C]) and dry, with an average rainfall of less than 2 inches (51 mm). Lacking a major river, Cape Town meets its freshwater needs with a system of reservoirs. The first permanent white settlement in the area was begun in April 1652 by Jan van Riebeeck, who had been sent by the Dutch East India Company to build a fort and establish vegetable gardens for ships bound for the East Indies. By the end of the 17th century, the town had already taken shape. The Castle of Good Hope, built by the Dutch between 1666 and 1679, is South Africa's oldest monument. Situated in the city centre, directly south of Cape Town Station (the major railway station), the castle forms a triangle with the colourful Malay Quarter (about 1 mile [1.5 km] to the northwest) and the National Botanical Gardens, which are flanked by historic Government Avenue (about 1 mile to the west). The reclamation of 480 acres (194 hectares) from Table Bay during World War II allowed the extension of the central business district northeastward from the older historic centre. South African College (1829) became the University of Cape Town, the city's principal educational institution, in 1918.

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