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• Published in: The Journal of African History
• Main Author: VAN SITTERT, LANCE
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2004
• Subjects: History; Endeavour; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0021853704009454; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0021853704009454

For a region purportedly a backwater of South African environmental history at the close of the twentieth century,1 the Cape has moved rapidly toward centre stage at the start of the new millennium. It now boasts a wealth of literature in international journals and last year saw the publication of t...