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17 matches to Hope
Appeasement Policy. 1937-9. British yield to Nazi demands in hope of maintaining peace. Munich Agreement. Gentleman’s Agreement.
Campbell, Thomas. 1777-1844. Scottish poet: Pleasures of Hope, Ye Mariners of England.
Cape of Good Hope. Bantu. 1652 Dutch. 1814 British Cape Colony. 1910 Province, South Africa.
Diaz, Bartolomeu. c1450-1500. Portuguese. First to sail around the Cape of Good Hope in 1487/8.
Flying Dutchman. Legendary ghost ship of Cape of Good Hope.
Gama, Vasco da. c1460-1524. Portuguese explorer who rounded Cape of Good Hope 1488. Captured Calicot, India, 1503.
Hope, Thomas. 1769-1831. English Regency furniture designer and author.
Hope Hawkins, Anthony. 1863-1933. English author. Prisoner of Zenda 1894.
Irrationalism. 19C. Philosophy stressing instinct over reason. Schopenhauer.
Pandora. First woman of Greek legend. Opened box of human ills. Hope remains in box.
Regency. 1800-30. Georgian Classicist architecture with tinge of exotic from the Empire. Stucco facing on brick. Nash. Soane. Hope. Sheraton. Decorative Arts: Neoclassical, Egyptian motifs.
Rieboeck, Jan van. 1619-77. Dutch founder of Cape Town.
Schopenhauer, Arthur. 1788-1860. German pessimist Idealist philosopher. Will is superior to knowledge. World viewed as will and ideas. Every individual is a part of a Universal Will.
South Africa. 1910 Britain unites possessions: Cape of Good Hope + Natal + Orange Free State + Transvaal = Union of South Africa. Constitution included white supremacy. 1920 +German South-West Africa by mandate. 1948 Apartheid. 1961 = Republic of South Africa; left Commonwealth. 1990 -Namibia 1994 ANC gains power.
Stanhope, James. 1673-1721. English general. Negotiated Triple, Quadruple Alliances.
Torch, Operation. 1942-3. Anglo-US operations in French NW Africa. Vichy France calls for Axis support in Tunis.
Tutu, Desmond. 1931-. South African Anglican Archbishop. Hope and Suffering 1982. .