Cape Colony
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Cape Colony was a former European settlement and strategic refreshment station at the southern tip of Africa that developed into a key hub of trade, migration, and colonial expansion.
All labels observed (11)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cape Colony canonical | 109 |
| Dutch Cape Colony | 13 |
| Cape Colony authorities | 5 |
| Cape Colony government | 4 |
| British Cape Colony | 3 |
| Cape Colony (historical) | 2 |
| Cape Colony (historically) | 2 |
| British Cape Colony (regionally) | 1 |
| Cape Colony politics | 1 |
| Cape of Good Hope | 1 |
| Province of the Cape of Good Hope | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8144 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Cape Colony Context triple: [Dutch Republic, colonialPossession, Cape Colony]
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Dutch East Indies
The Dutch East Indies was a vast Dutch colonial territory in Southeast Asia that largely corresponds to present-day Indonesia and played a central role in global spice and trade networks.
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B.
Dutch Republic
The Dutch Republic was a powerful 17th-century maritime and commercial state in Western Europe, known for its global trade empire, cultural flourishing, and role as a major colonial power.
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C.
British India
British India was the vast territory on the Indian subcontinent administered by the British Crown and its agents from the 18th to mid-20th century, forming the core of the British Empire in Asia.
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D.
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is a landlocked country in southern Africa known for its dramatic landscapes, diverse wildlife, and historical sites such as Victoria Falls and the Great Zimbabwe ruins.
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E.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was a sovereign state that existed from 1801 to 1922, uniting Great Britain and all of Ireland under a single constitutional monarchy and global imperial power.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Cape Colony Target entity description: Cape Colony was a former European settlement and strategic refreshment station at the southern tip of Africa that developed into a key hub of trade, migration, and colonial expansion.
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A.
New Netherland
New Netherland was a 17th-century Dutch colonial province in North America that encompassed parts of present-day New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Connecticut.
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B.
Dutch East Indies
The Dutch East Indies was a vast Dutch colonial territory in Southeast Asia that largely corresponds to present-day Indonesia and played a central role in global spice and trade networks.
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C.
Dutch Republic
The Dutch Republic was a powerful 17th-century maritime and commercial state in Western Europe, known for its global trade empire, cultural flourishing, and role as a major colonial power.
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D.
British India
British India was the vast territory on the Indian subcontinent administered by the British Crown and its agents from the 18th to mid-20th century, forming the core of the British Empire in Asia.
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E.
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is a landlocked country in southern Africa known for its dramatic landscapes, diverse wildlife, and historical sites such as Victoria Falls and the Great Zimbabwe ruins.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former British colony
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former Dutch colony ⓘ former colony ⓘ historical political entity ⓘ |
| borderConflictWith |
Transvaal
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surface form:
Boer republics
Xhosa polities ⓘ Zulu Kingdom ⓘ |
| capital |
Western Cape
ⓘ
surface form:
Cape Town
|
| colonizedBy |
Dutch Republic
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Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| currency |
Cape rixdollar
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Dutch guilder ⓘ pound sterling ⓘ |
| demographicsIncluded |
European settlers
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Khoikhoi ⓘ Malay slaves ⓘ San ⓘ enslaved Africans ⓘ free people of colour ⓘ |
| economyBasedOn |
agriculture
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pastoral farming ⓘ viticulture ⓘ |
| endDate | 1910 ⓘ |
| establishedAs |
European settlement
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refreshment station ⓘ |
| establishedBy | Dutch East India Company ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Cape Colony
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Province of the Cape of Good Hope
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| foundedBy | Jan van Riebeeck ⓘ |
| governedBy | Governor of the Cape Colony ⓘ |
| hasMajorPort |
Western Cape
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surface form:
Cape Town
Table Bay ⓘ |
| locatedAt | southern tip of Africa ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Africa
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Southern Africa ⓘ |
| officialLanguage |
Dutch
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| originalPurpose |
provisioning station for ships to and from Asia
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refreshment station on the route to the East Indies ⓘ |
| partOf |
British Empire
ⓘ
Dutch colonial empire ⓘ |
| religionDominant |
Christianity
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Dutch Reformed Church ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
South Africa
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surface form:
Union of South Africa
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| significantEvent |
Batavian Republic administration 1803–1806
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British occupation in 1795 ⓘ Great Trek ⓘ abolition of slavery in 1834 ⓘ granting of representative government in 1853 ⓘ permanent British annexation in 1806 ⓘ responsible government in 1872 ⓘ |
| startDate | 1652 ⓘ |
| strategicFor | control of sea route between Europe and Asia ⓘ |
| todayIncludes |
Eastern Cape
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Northern Cape ⓘ Western Cape ⓘ parts of KwaZulu-Natal ⓘ |
| todayPartOf |
South Africa
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surface form:
Republic of South Africa
|
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Subject: Cape Colony Description of subject: Cape Colony was a former European settlement and strategic refreshment station at the southern tip of Africa that developed into a key hub of trade, migration, and colonial expansion.
Referenced by (142)
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