Place details
Place nameCape of Good Hope
Other namesCape, Kaap, Kaapland, Le Cap, Cap, Le, Cape Colony, Cape Province, Cape of Good Hope Province, Kaaprovinsie, Kaap' Provinsie
CountrySouth Africa
Latitude-31
Longitude23
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Dutch traders arrived in 1652; under British occupation in late 18th cen., & ceded to British by Dutch in 1814; annexed British Kaffraria in 1865 & British Bechuanaland in 1895; administered Lesotho 1871-1884.